They make this so easy. I used to go through my family's tax guy every year and though he made it really easy as well (just fill out a questionnaire and submit a copy of the tax forms and he fills in the details) his fees increased every year and he didn't have the option to be paid out of any refund we were getting. We would have to pay him his fees before he files. It just got way too expensive. I was understanding of this because it is his job and he needs to be paid for all the hard work he does, but I felt like it was too much for our return because our return wasn't changing every year, and was a pretty basic return. It got to the point where I couldn't afford his services anymore and was stressing about how I was going to afford his fee and still pay the bills while waiting for the refund. TurboTax is just as easy and way more affordable. This is my 2nd year using them and I love it.