Well, it's less than 30 days away and I haven't even started yet. I have been doing my own taxes since my first job (1985) in college and nowadays there are tax programs which greatly reduce the chance of making errors. However, this year's filing will be a bit complicated for me because I worked part year last year in Los Angeles so the State taxes will be a bit complex. When I was in Hong Kong the taxes were so simple. That's why in America there are experts in everything - they make a fortune off your hard-earned salary because life isn't so simple after all :-(
Case in point - an electrician charges US$150 per hour to install a ceiling fan in the house, extra if you have a high ceiling (higher than 10 feet). That's just labor - you will have to buy your own fan. My house has a 19-foot high ceiling and the guy told me it would be $300 for the whole install! Wow! I bought the fan for only $80 and this guy wanted $300 to install! I ended up renting an 18-foot high ladder from a hardware store for $40 a day and installed the fan myself. I have been trying to avoid costly repairs by fixing things myself but there were times where I had no choice but to turn to the experts for help (lack of tools/knowledge/heavy machinery).
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this year, the deadline for filing tax is april 17. :)
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