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Re:TurboTax Uses Dark Patterns to Trick You into Paying to F... by ryandrake on Monday April 22, 2019 @03:08PM (#19721825)
Wow, does he provide any explanation of the delta between the two returns? Side by side comparison of what’s being filed?

I ask because I once did go to a CPA, after first filling out the forms myself. The tax bill he computed was identical to what I came up with, so I concluded he provided no value over doing it myself!

Re:TurboTax Uses Dark Patterns to Trick You into Paying to F... by turc1656 on Monday April 22, 2019 @03:52PM (#19722224)
He just files for us so no side by side because I'm not going to do it in tandem to compare because that's what his job is. But I think for us the reason is that he plans in advance what we should be doing during the year to minimize the tax impact on the business side of things - i.e. do this now, do that later, and do that other thing next year, take this disbursement now, pay this estimated tax, write off that loss now, etc. So I think it's more that the critical stuff is done throughout the year rather than just doing a post-mortem - proactive rather than reactive.