Who Gives A Shit: Do you do your own taxes?

Image via 123rf.comTax Day is only two weeks away. Time to get stop dragging your ass and get your shit together, people! But, be careful out there. Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, is warning New Yorkers that there are a lot of scammers out there. From the Ditmas Park Patch: 

Some scammers prey on seniors or college students by impersonating tax authorities, soliciting follow up information on a tax form, and collecting identification numbers and social security information, which is then used to steal people’s money or identities, the release noted.

"Others have even gone to the extreme of using 'spoofing technology' to make their caller ID numbers come up to look like they are from the IRS," it continued.

Taxpayers should be alert to tax preparation businesses that advertise low fees to get the customer in the door, but then increase the final fee by hundreds of dollars claiming the tax return was more complicated than anticipated, or to a tax preparer who electronically withdraws more than the agreed upon fee without notice to the consumer.

How do you deal with your taxes? Do you slog through the most boring task ever created by man all on your own? Do you farm it out to a professional? Has anyone out there ever tried H&R Block? Spill your tax secrets in the comments.