15 Tax Pros Share the One Mistake They Always See On Tax Returns

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hopefully unearth enough deductions to offset the cost of hiring her. Option two: Use online software, which won’t relieve all of our tax angst but will at least digitally hand-hold, eliminate some guesswork, and flag math mistakes or missing information.

Option three: Go it alone and risk making .Even if you’re quite confident in your -filing abilities—maybe your 1040 looks pretty similar from one year to the next—you can still benefit from the wisdom of number-crunching, tax-code-quoting pros.

Especially because 2021’s filing is going to be a bit different than usual, thanks to residual pandemic-related tweaks to the tax code, and for many of us, changes to where and how we make money.

As we begin to actively dread Tax Day 2022, we asked 15 tax professionals to share the most common mistakes they spot on year in and year out—plus slip-ups to avoid this year in particular Here’s what they had to say, and what you should keep in mind as you put your head down and plow through the paperwork like the everyday American hero that you are.Everyone has momentary brain lapses, some of us more than usual since the pandemic upended life as we know it, but mental lags can really cost you when a tax return is involved.