5 Biggest Mistakes Most Taxpayers Make
When Choosing A Tax Professional

1. Not Choosing An Expert In the Type Of Tax Service YOU Want! All accountants, CPA's, and tax preparers are NOT the same! You might never know that, though, when you look through the yellow pages or do an online search. You see the same things being offered in every business ... "Partnerships", "Quickbooks Advisor" "Federal & State Returns" "Dependable", blah, blah, blah. But choosing a tax business based on seeing one little line in an ad that might apply to your personal situation can be like playing financial roulette! Don't get stuck with a tax guy who is trying to be all things to all people ... find the expert who cares about YOU.
   
2. Letting A Tax Preparer Help You File Your Taxes Who Has No Guarantee(s)! You go through the process with a new tax preparer, but when it's all said and done, how do you know that you can be truly safe? So, yes, your taxes are filed ... but what about an audit? What happens if your tax preparer made a mistake? The fact is, most tax firms want to "cover their behind" and can leave normal, middle class folks out to dry when it comes to dealing with the IRS. They've got more high-paying clients (like businesses or very wealth folks) who they would much rather deal with. That's why you better make sure that whatever tax company you choose to have prepare your taxes lets you know up front how they will take care of any problems that might come up. That means you better get a guarantee!
   
3. Picking A CPA With Too Much Tax Experience That Doesn't Relate To You! It's hard enough opening up every detail of your life to somebody else. But then, you have to deal with all that jargon that gets thrown at you by somebody who spends their days with their head buried in paperwork, eyes blood red from long hours at the computer and then scrambles through the mess when you call or inquire about their tax services. For these guys, the easiest thing to do is to not try to talk to normal, every-day folks in normal, every-day language. Do you like being treated like an after thought? The fact is, you don't care about all that CPA gobbledy-gook. You want to be treated with respect, and not "talked down" to by some stuffy financial guy who gets to see every little detail about your personal financial life. You want to know that your taxes are going to get done right and that you get all the money you deserve from Uncle Sam. (It's your money after all!) You don't need condescending number-crunchers.
   
4. Going With A National "Brand Name" Tax Firm Lacking Personal Service! Most people go to one of these companies because they don't know that there are other options for middle-class folks. They don't want to deal with stuffy CPA's or accountants, but they know that they don't want to be part of a "machine." Many people don't realize that they can be set free from having to go with one of these "default" tax guys and that they can get their taxes done by the best in the business ... right in their local area.
   
5. Paying Too Little OR Too Much When Filing A Regular Middle Income Tax Return! Sure, nobody wants to pay too much for their tax work. But have you ever thought about what you get with the guys who advertise themselves as the "cheapest guys in town"? To make ends meet, not only do they have to churn through tons of clients just to pay the rent, but that means that they can't afford to have the most personal, well-trained employees in the tax industry working for them. But you don't want to get gouged either. (It's hard enough knowing that the IRS is trying to take all that money out of your pocket anyway!) So you better find someone who can take care of you without costing you an arm and a leg. And a special discount would sure be nice!

Tom Tudisco, Owner

1462 Dewey Avenue, near Ridgeway,   Rochester NY