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9. I'll go back to doing my own taxes next year.

For the 15 years before I separated from my husband--who killed himself last December before we could finalize our divorce--I did our taxes. They were complicated, but using TurboTax, I got them done. Never had the IRS question our tax return.

Last year I couldn't deal with doing taxes, so I hired the accountant recommended by my divorce attorney. This year, I wanted the accountant's help in figuring out the sale of our house (which had depreciation against it because my husband had his business office in our house AND we also had a rental garage apartment that had been depreciated) in the hope I wouldn't have to report a gain. My husband killed himself one week before the house sale was due to close, so after 24 hours of nail biting to let all the attorneys determine whether the sale could go through (or whether title to the house would have to be probated according to his will), it was determined that the title of the house immediately passed to me upon his death because of the way we held title, and could go through.

He is a jerk. Last year he was very helpful, but the circumstances didn't apply that did this year with treating my Social Security benefits differently.