<prompt> Human: I wanted to do my own taxes AND go to an accountant to see if I missed something. My wife is convinced that she can beat the experts, and is bothered that I dont trust her. She says shes only heard stories about accountants messing shit up. Im worried that I may be paying too little taxes and its going to bite me in the ass later. Its also been a complicated year as far as switching jobs and states and she thinks that she knows our finances better, but I think the fact that its complicated is more reason to use an accountant. What do you guys think?  <response>: If all of your income is from a W-2, then doing your own taxes is easy and free Even if things get more complicated, you can still easily do your own Federal taxes, free of charge. Your wife is most likely right about this one 