<prompt> Human: Hello everyone, as the title implies, I am seeking advice about whether or not I should be doing my taxes on my own. This year, I have two W-2s as I have gone from being a part time employed, full time student to being a full time employed, full time student. With my part time job, it included a 1099-R as it was a job working through the city with a pension that I was required to pay into, but was unable to roll over into an IRA or 401K at time of distribution. I also have a 1098-T for the 2017 year which includes an athletic scholarship on it, and a 1098-E as I have paid off one of my two federal loans. What advice do the people of rpersonalfinance have for me? Thanks in advance!  <response>: Your taxes involve nothing difficult its just data entry. Use a tax software even, it may not be free but it should only be 40 or so at most. A cpa will charge you a lot more and there is nothing difficult here like mlp or depreciation recapture or anything 