Tax Return Preparation Software

If you prepare your own tax return by using tax preparation software, please be careful. I know it’s faster, easier, and cheaper. But sometimes they have mistakes and can’t prepare it completely. You know this software made by human. Everybody make mistakes because we are not a machine, right? So you have to keep it in your mind that software might have mistakes, too. Guess what? When I took tax class, somebody cheated and did tax return preparation homework by software. Then what’s happened? Instructor accepted this person’s homework. However this person got the lowest score in our class. This person didn’t get the lowest score because of using software. The instructor found a lot of mistakes in this tax return. Please be careful.

If you use tax return preparation software;

1.Even if software said no mistake, please print everything and check all information are in or not & no mistake or not before you send. From the top to the bottom. Name, Social Security Number, Address, Filing Status, Wages, Interest Income etc. Also you miss any eligible tax deductions and/or credits or not.

2.This is not software matter. But if you send tax return by e-file and find mistakes in your tax return later, don’t send your amended return immediately. Please wait to send your amended return at least 3 weeks after IRS and/or FTB accepted. Otherwise they and their system will be confused.