Won't do Taxes this year...........

Well folks,

After going to 4 weeks of advanced classes on this years tax changes, I have decided I ain't a gonna do it this year. Maybe never again. I worked for Jackson Hewitt last year during the Tax Season and after all was said and done, I barely made enough money to pay for my gas to and from the office. There just wasn't enough business to keep me everybody busy. There is too much competition in this business. It is possible to get your taxes done for free in any number of places. Places include the internet, senior centers, the IRS itself, and numerous other sources such as the AARP organization.

On top of the free places, you can drive around in any town and find several places that do taxes. most of them with instant refunds, of course you pay through the nose for the instant refunds. The bank fees are unbelievable. Then you add on the fees required by the tax preparer and oof! you begin to wonder if the fees are worth what you get.

It's not that I minded doing the taxes. For the most part I actually enjoyed working with people to solve their tax issues. Believe me when I tell you that you are not alone when it comes to having tax issues. Many, many people have some kind of issue.

Yes I have had people try to cheat on their taxes, and when they do and I detect it, I will try to steer them away from doing so, or if they insist I do something I know is illegal I will send them away without doing their taxes. I have done taxes for a long time and I am registered as a tax preparer with both the IRS and the State of Georgia, Texas, California, and North Carolina. I have yet to be called in to deal with questionable taxes and I don't intend to get called in.

The penalty is too steep at 25 years in a federal penitentiary.

Well I guess I have spouted off long enough.

This is the gahillbilly signing off.

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