Been a big year - attempted jumped in to stash lifestyle=chaos. Sold giant big stupid house, moved (twice, three times if you include the stint in a 25' RV while we tried to find a place to live in new state). Ok enough excuses.
We need to file our taxes - by Thurs. Found the paperwork in the back of the third POD, found a tax guy willing to do said taxes, and just got the estimate - $2500 - 3k. Back in our old life, I thought we were getting reamed at $1000/yr.
Last year didn't seem that complicated...Income was largely W2, we had a rental, sold it, and initiated a 1031 exchange (didn't complete transfer in 2014, so it's going to continue into 2015).
I guess my question is how do I buy some time to find a more reasonable tax person? I was thinking of doing my best w turbotax, filing, then filing amended returns with help from a reasonable CPA after the 10/15 deadline. Any other ideas?