{"id":258638,"date":"2010-02-01T08:11:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T13:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f84\/picking-tax-preparer-38824\/"},"modified":"2010-02-01T08:11:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T13:11:45","slug":"picking-a-tax-preparer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/258638","title":{"rendered":"Picking a Tax Preparer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>02.01.10 05:11 AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/resource\/images\/taxblogpic.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>Tax season always reminds me of my uncle who used to earn a few extra bucks moonlighting at a tax preparation firm this time of year.  My dad, who does his own taxes, would sometimes ask him about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/article\/0,,id=217792,00.html\" >tax changes<\/a>&#8212;like the one that lets you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/article\/0,,id=218678,00.html?portlet=7\" >claim donations for Haiti relief on your 2009 return<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nIf you get the heebie jeebies around calculators and aren&#8217;t eligible for the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/entry\/free_tax_filing?comment=view\" >free file federal tax option Jess talked about last week<\/a>, you may want to think about hiring someone to prepare your taxes. <\/p>\n<p>You are legally responsible for what is on your tax return so going with a tax preparer will be a buyer beware route. So much so that <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/how-to-avoid-tax-preparation-scams.html\" >starting next year all tax preparers will be required to register<\/a> with the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/\" > Internal Revenue Service (IRS)<\/a> and include an identification number on the tax returns they prepare.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/individuals\/article\/0,,id=107626,00.html\" >free tax assistance<\/a> to those over the age of 60 and military personnel and their families. If you don&#8217;t qualify and decide to get someone else to prepare your taxes the IRS offers many tips for choosing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/individuals\/article\/0,,id=133088,00.html\" >tax preparer<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\nDo you prepare your own taxes?<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/entry\/picking_a_tax_preparer\" >Gov Gab: Your U.S. Government Blog &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02.01.10 05:11 AM Tax season always reminds me of my uncle who used to earn a few extra bucks moonlighting at a tax preparation firm this time of year. My dad, who does his own taxes, would sometimes ask him about tax changes&#8212;like the one that lets you claim donations for Haiti relief on your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}