You may have a simple tax situation, then. There's a lot in this thread about standard vs. itemized deduction, but since Trump's tax reforms, the standard dedu

You may have a simple tax situation, then. There's a lot in this thread about standard vs. itemized deduction, but since Trump's tax reforms, the standard deduction has always vastly outweighed itemization for me, and I believe, most Americans. The part that causes me the most grief nowadays is the 1099-B; there's a few of required tax inputs related to investments that just aren't captured on that form. (Although in recent years, I've started taking better notes, and now I can just refer to past years' resolutions for repeat scenarios.) But even just punching in the requisite numbers I think takes me longer than 30 minutes… Then there just seems to be an annual surprise per year. ESPP sales complicated one year; they're a weird mix of income and gains. I had a stock split occur one year, resulting in a fractional share that was liquidated for some really odd capital gains. Moving has complicated state taxes numerous times due to states with poor definition of what constitutes a "resident". I've been plagued by a number of errors on various forms (including twice on the W-2!). But the upthread remark — that the IRS knows the answers — should apply to my situation. Basically everything tax-related about me, the IRS already knows. They can just send a bill; if I don't trust it, I can look it over for correctness & perhaps trigger some sort of correction process. (Presumably today, they'd just audit me if I was too far off their number.) About the only thing I think that might cause a discrepancy is charitable donations.