Would you let a relative or friend do your taxes? Why or why not?

Yes, and I have, when they were simple to do.

No, I do not mind paying my fair share of taxes. I hate the way the government spends it worries me

No. But I have done other people's taxes before. And no I'm not in the profession. 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Both times I did theirs, they didn't write or speak very well themselves.

Bad idea. Once an accountant friend was supposed to help me with taxes, but with a lot of other people's taxes to do, mine fell by the sideway. 🫤

No, my youngest sister offered several times. She has an accounting degree. Told her my taxes were simple enough that I could do them by myself. I would have paid a stranger before letting her do them if they weren’t simple. She would blab out how much other people were making as if it was her right to do so. She also offered to help me set up a budget. I didn’t want her in my business at all and I am very good at paying my bills on time and being frugal with my money when necessary. She’s also a narcissist so there’s that.

No, I need someone experienced in laundry for that. A dry cleaner, maybe.

Nope, except for when I was in business for myself, I've always done them myself. When I had a business, I had an ex IRS agent do them for me.

Nope. I always had an accountant do mine, after I was married.

Early in my life I asked family to help me with taxes.

Nope. First of all, there is the basic rule about not doing business with relatives or friends. Only going to lead to hurt feelings (rightly or wrongly) at some point. Secondly, my finances are too complicated and the tax codes are too much of an ever-changing set of rules for anyone but a professional doing it full-time.

My good friend has done my taxes for years

No... Needs to be correct and have no blame if it isn't

I hate to say it, but I spend thousands for someone else to do my taxes.

Nope. We hired someone in my mid 20s on my dad's recommendation only to watch the guy essentially use the same software I could have used for free. He charged us an unreasonable amount for his 'service', IMO should have been criminal.
I've done it myself ever since.

TurboTax

gives me someone to blame if the ITA come knocking...

I do my own

No.

While my accountant and I are cordial we are not friends or related. I need his best work, not the family special.

I would never let anyone do my taxes, even though I've made more than a few errors in my lifetime.

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No need. I'm Norwegian. The government does it for us.

My mom always does my taxes.

Sure
As long as I don’t have to do it

If trusted them, sure!!

Id ask them for advice

If the friend were a CPA specializing in individual income taxes, sure.

I'd let my best friend do my taxes.
He's a professional accountant.

The government does my taxes

Yes, My friend is a CPA ( Certified Practising Accountant )

I get paid cash

I had a great aunt that was a tax accountant, who was eventually hired by the local IRS office to do audits.