Thanks Vagabond, great advice.

I have always paid CPAs to do my taxes, and they hardly charge more than tax preparers and they make you look good if you submit a tax return signed by them. You may think a CPA would charge too much to do household taxes but I never pay more than $100 for it. I have noticed a great difference in the exemptions they find; some get thousands back while others can't find a thing. I am never a repeat customer of the latter.

Here's a tip no one mentioned. If you have a similar spending pattern from year to year, get a CPA to do it one year and just emulate what he did on subsequent returns. Works pretty well unless your spending/income patterns change. One thing though if you do this, make sure to check if any applicable tax laws that your CPA used has changed. Just look through the instruction booklet that comes with your taxes. Disclaimer: as a random internet guy, guarantees not expressed or implied..