You certainly don't want to become a pen pal of the IRS. That's what having errors on your tax return can do.

We sort of self-destructed in a couple of innings. We made about five errors, or at least mental errors. The first two innings was how good we are.

A column about errors will contain errors.

The ultimate responsible party for what's on that tax return is you. You're signing it, you're responsible for all the information on there.

It's fast. It's easy. You don't run the risk of math errors. I can't think of a reason not to use electronic filing.

This person wants to write off business expenses before the business is operating, and he cannot do that.