Originally Posted By: msaeger
I have never used a place like H&R Block [...] because even if they screw it up they aren't liable for it anyway

Oh! I just read this entire discussion thinking that this sort of liability coverage was what the $80 was buying. (Or, at least, that having used a tax accountant was a "good faith" defence if tax auditors came a-knocking.) If that's not the case then it certainly does seem overpriced.

Peter