I filed my taxes today (cue the fanfare!). Just like every year, I get excited for some reason (I like punching in numbers, I guess?) and something goes horribly wrong. Last year I had the wrong forms and it was a two day process. This year both of the major tax filing services said I couldn't use the free version because my return wasn't "simple". Why wasn't it "simple"? I had some credit I didn't ask for because of some very specific thing. So, what is someone who's definitely not spending more than the return would be on tax filing services to do? Google it.

Basically, I went to the IRS' website and typed in my criteria and picked out a service they recommended, and filled out my info on that. Not only was it better than the main competitor I had used prior, I will probably just be doing something like this every year from now on. The state files were super cheap and they're all electronic so I don't have to go to the post office! With an experience like this, that is definitely something to look forward to! Now onto the next challenge: double checking my local tax situation.