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Re:Filing taxes: It shouldn't be so hard by khuey on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @05:56PM (#5489463)
The part that they can't do correctly is mostly deduction-side.
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Re:Filing taxes: It shouldn't be so hard by wiredfool on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @07:17PM (#5489947)
I bet that they can get it correct for 90% of the taxpayers. They certainly could do it for me, using sensible defaults.

(e.g. mortgage interest is reported, real estate taxes are reported, local sales tax is a calculation in most cases).

Where they're not going to get it right is if you've got a Schedule C, since none of that is reported elsewhere.

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