I do my own taxes and I ALWAYS mail it in. Snail mail.
BTW, we’re on the same page.
I’ll throw this out, though: When I was a kid in the 60’s, I believed that eventually robots would make everything and even robots would make and repair the robots, which begged the question, what will people do?
I think this is the answer. Lots and LOTS of jobs exist because of government make-work. There is a reason people call SOX the “full IT employment act”. BAsically we are all like ants just running around doing stuff and getting paid for it. And often it is me taking a pebble to you for money, and then you taking the pebble to me for money, each of us getting paid by the other for our work, with the government getting a cut, which they use to pay others that do the same thing.
It’s why most JOBS are so unfulfilling. The purpose is to make money, and that’s about it. For the most part, only the self employed are truly happy in their work, and even they, often, are only in it for the money. What I LOVE doing (clearing my property, mowing the lawn, cutting firewood, building a deck, a chicken run, etc.) doesn’t pay. I work at a cubicle to actually finance my life.
And I’ve worked in tax departments of large corporations. :)
I did my taxes until 1998. I was called by the audit gestapo, tortured for a few months in anticipation of what they were going to take. My records were perfect and they took nothing, except the anguish, the sleep deprivation, and my time. The bitch that did the audit could find nothing. From that time I hired a CPA because of the likelihood of an audit was greatly diminished with their signature on the return. The audit threat went away, but I’ve had to pay for it.
I have 4 small farming properties in 4 counties and am retired from the higher education circus of correct politics. I know about land clearing, farming, livestock, burning wood, equipment maintenance, and living close to God’s creation. I have 6 tractors and need to sell one. Dad always said you can’t have too many tractors. I sure miss him.