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Why I Use a CPA to do my taxes by ESI of ESI Money.com

When it comes to financial issues, I'm generally a do-it-yourself guy. I don't need a financial planner because I'm my own financial planner. I don't need an investment advisor because I'm my own investment advisor and the list goes on. I figure that if I know how to do something, why do I need someone else to tell

me how to do it? Besides, no one cares more about my money or knows what I like, don't like,

and want to accomplish better than I do, right?

That said, there are times when I need a financial professional's help.

I used a lawyer to draw up our estate plan.

I use insurance professionals to buy all types of insurance.

I needed a good one when I purchased my

disability insurance policy since they can be quite tricky. And I use a

CPA to do my taxes. A lot of people I talk to can see a reason for the first

two, but when I mention I use

a CPA for tax purposes, they wonder why I don't do the taxes myself.

It's not that I couldn't do the taxes myself, it's that I choose not to, and there are some very good reasons why.

Why I use a CPA for my taxes?

So for the record, here are the reasons I use a CPA to do my income taxes.

By the way, I refer to my CPA as they because I meet with a couple

individuals, the main partner as well as the CPA who actually does my taxes.

One, they save me money. The number one reason I use a CPA is that they save me more than what I pay simply because they know more about the tax laws than I do.

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