Agree, would rather my money went to a local firm with an actual person who I can consistently contact for questions. Did this a few years ago for an especially challenging tax year. Absolutely 0 regrets - if I had done it via self-serve software I would’ve missed out on quite a few unknown tax assists that the accountant found.

Huh I did not know this. CK was my backup to FT USA but that is indeed some sneaky shit. I’m scared now for FT USA - PLEASE DO NOT SELL OUT.

I use TurboTax ina free way - calculate all my taxes using their amazing software and then when the numbers match on the free site, I file there. That’s the beauty of TurboTax that you can exploit. I feel it’s fair game knowing they make the software open and then trick people who have calculated everything out to pay a ridiculous amount for the filing fee at the end.

I just got these buttons (from Amazon as well lol). Apparently the cat isn’t pushing them because I haven’t recorded the right words that would allow them to communicate their disdain for me.

We’re #1!!! Yeah no this is appalling. We’re literally Fred Armisen’s character in Parks N Recs with jail.

I read somewhere that the US has one of the largest, if not THE largest, percentage of population incarcerated. I feel like there’s overall more people who know someone, at least some distant relative, who served time than not, so it’s shocking to see such a large outcry on even super liberal social media sites, like reddit, for prisoners to get raped, assaulted, killed and/or generally mistreated. So that empathy may be a long ways away.

Nice to see you made the most of the holiday. Celebrated similarly by laboring a 12-hour day! No music like you though - just labor. The entire day I wondered why I don’t celebrate Labor Day in the purest fashion more often.