I do my own taxes. Well my husband's taxes (I'm a trophy wife so I don't work). I swear by H&R Block. Not the stores. The online software. Don't go to the "tax professionals" at the stores. You'll have a better experience if you let a monkey do your taxes. You can save $6 off the $29.99 price ($23.96) AND get 10% cash back through
EBATES for the H&R Block software. So with the 20% off Federal and my $34.95 I dropped on filing for MA, my total came to $58 before tax ($62 after tax for both Fed & MA) and I'll get 10% back of $58 - so another $5.80 in my PayPal account from
EBATES. And you can write your tax preparation fees off your next year's taxes.
If you haven't joined
EBATES yet, you should. I don't shop online much - but I've gotten $82 back since 2010. I seriously do not shop online at all. Most of that $82 is from travel bookings. But whatever - $82 is $82. Better than $0.
As long as you have nothing too crazy or major - taxes are really easy to do yourself. I should know. I've done mine and the husband's for about 14 years now. I've gotten audited once and I brought my supporting documents to the IRS and they said "thanks" and all was fine.
If you really have nothing to report but income - 1040EZ software is free all over the place. But if you have more "umph" to your palate like owning a home, having investment income, needing to write off educational expenses, etc. - you'll have to to go with some basic 1040 software (unless you are brave enough to pump it out old school). I know there are cheaper alternatives out there - but I like H&R Block. And if you do too - well I'm just passing along the info about
EBATES to save you some cash. Holla!