These Accountants Hate Doing Their Own Taxes

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Elizabeth O'Brien
I don’t do my own taxes, but I do enough preparation for my accountant to dread the whole process each spring. My accountant is a whiz, and she’s constitutionally suited to the job: patient, organized and good with numbers. Until now, I never thought to ask if she relishes doing her own taxes. Money recently wrote about accountants who hate doing their own taxes, even as they enjoy preparing returns for clients. We also spotlighted some financial advisors who don’t follow their own advice. No matter your day job, sometimes the pull of an impulse purchase is just too much to resist. Read about these (very honest!) professionals in today’s edition.

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Elizabeth O'Brien is deputy editor at Money. She has covered retirement and health care for nearly a decade. A Brooklyn resident and mom of two boys, she navigates the alphabet soup of Medicare and the New York City subway system with equal ease. You can email her at elizabeth.obrien@money.com and follow her on Twitter at @elizobrien.

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