I don't know. I used Turbo Tax for the first time this year...and you're right, it is quite confusing...what's a deduction, what's not...why can't they make everything super clear?You know, the first time I had to do my own taxes, I did them by hand (on April 15 :lookaroun) The next few years I still did them by myself, but used TurboTax. Last year I tried. I really did. But I ended up clueless :brick: so we had a CPA friend do it. (Of course, when I started, I was single, not paying any intrerest at the time--student loan payments hadn't kicked in--and had one job.)
This year I'm not even trying to figure it out on my own, and I feel like an idiot. I don't think I understand half of the things we're going to go over with our tax friend tonight. Why do these things have to be so difficult?!