<prompt> Human: I am filing taxes for my wife in medical and myself in marketing. We have used Turbo Tax in the past and have had decent success with it. However I am not opposed to paying a professional preparer a few hundred bucks to maximize my tax returns for the year. Is this worth the extra spend or should I just continue to use Turbo Tax or Tax Act? Edit: Thank you guys for the feedback, that was pretty quick!  <response>: There is no secret to maximizing your tax return. Its not like a sponge whereby you would want to hire a stronger person to squeeze more water out of it. The popular programs and websites will walk you through everything. 