The 3 Biggest Mistakes People Make At Tax Time
NerdWallet
Lugging a shoebox full of receipts into your tax preparer’s office may not be the best way to deal with your return, but at least those harried taxpayers have everything in one place. That’s not the case with many people, CPAs say. “One of the biggest mistakes we see folks make is simply not being organized,” says New York-based CPA Becky Egan. “People constantly come in for their tax appointment without all their documents, forgetting their charitable contributions, neglecting to let us know they invested in a partnership, or leaving out a 1099 they received.”