How Do You Get Your Taxes Done?

It's tax season! Are you a do-it-yourselfer? Do you pay someone to do it for you? I've done both and, after being audited in 2010 and subsequently being penalized for an honest mistake, I will never go back to doing it myself.

Sure, the idea of paying someone to do a job most of us can do on our own is a little ridiculous. BUT, it's easy for me to justify when I couple the convenience factor with the fact the lady who files my taxes has saved me hundreds over the last five years. Money that I wouldn't have thought or known to deduct if I was filing on my own taxes.

That 'lady' is Tammy VanCleve at Riverview Tax & Accouting at 305 Locust St. in downtown Dubuque. You can call her at (563) 557-2100.

However you prepare your taxes, I hope the process (and for some the amount you owe) isn't too painful for you!