<prompt> Human: Gf and I live together in OR, both of our families live in TX. Gf comes from an extremely well off family. After she got her W2 and such from the 2017 work year her dad told her not to file herself and to send everything to him in TX. When we visited last month he had her sign some paperwork Form 8879 that said her adjusted gross income was 1.1M she makes 50k, and that she paid 261k in total tax. The form was to authorize Cherry Bekaert LLP to enter or generate my PIN.Is this just him doing her income tax through Cherry Bekaert? Is he adding money to an account for her as some sort of trust or inheritance as a tax writeoff? We both arent really sure how all this fits together.  <response>: No one can magically intuit your girlfriends financial situation.As an adult, she should stand up for herself, insist on knowing all aspects of her financial situation for herself, and insist on doing her own tax returns or hiring someone herself, who reports to her, if they are complex. This is not only important from a being independent standpoint, its important from a legal standpoint - shes legally at risk if theres any bullshit in that return that she just signed, sight unseen.She can probably start by asking Cherry Bekaert for complete copies of her last return, if she doesnt have them. Second would be to ask her family for a complete accounting of any trust funds or other assets. 