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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Taxes
Who does your taxes? H&R Block or an individual? If you have an accountant or CPA you would recommend, please share! I really think we could do ours on Turbo Tax, but DH is skeptical with my new business. The guy I saw last year was nice, but it really ticked me off that I had to pay him so much ($200 for both) when he did both of our returns in less than 30 minutes while I sat there and watched. 
Re: Taxes
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
sarah, check the other board!
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
I would highly recommend NOT using H&R Block. Two reasons: they did my mom and dad's taxes about 10 years ago and fucked up royally. My parents are STILL paying for that mistake. Long story. 2nd: I used to work at the IRS and all the stuff from H&R Block is definitely a joke. They charge you PER piece of paper that they attach to the 1040 and about 75-80% of it is unnecessary crap that the IRS doesn't even look at. It's a huge waste of money.
Pretty much all of the commercial tax-prep places are a ripoff. I used to volunteer for a nonprofit that did free tax prep for low-income workers, and we had people come in all the time telling us how Jackson Hewitt or whoever was going to charge like $200 for a really simple return...our training was basically the same as theirs, too. However, this service only takes families who make $50k a year or less.
I think Turbo Tax is pretty good and self-explanatory. But if you'd feel better hiring someone, here's an article that explains your options pretty well.
LA Times story