>One may feel happy that he is not affected ... because he makes less than ... etc., but it is just because this person never calculated his taxes.
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>This is what I pay my accountant for - and he is a great accountant. Every year he saves me more that what I have to pay him {s}.

I do the same, though my wife does not share your idea about tax accountants when I tell her both how much taxes we pay and how much I paid to the accountant. Maybe, it causes to look at my taxes in greater specifics. Btw, I filed my taxes myself when I was on W-2.