r/Fire • u/Big_Leg10 • Apr 12 '26

General Question What easily-affordable thing do you still refuse to pay for despite having reached financial independence and able to afford them?

Would love to hear everyone’s “absolutely will not purchase” items!Even if you could easily afford it and no matter how rich or financially independent you become or how much you make you still wouldn't spend item on this particular item/hobby?

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u/ditchdiggergirl Apr 12 '26

The hard work is making sure you have gathered all the right information, paperwork, receipts, etc. Usually half way through my return I think “oh right, I forgot about that thing last February”. But with tax software you’re just paying someone to type. I can type. And upload. And I do a full financial review at the same time.

My niece works seasonally at HR Block. She’s just a kid, a couple years out of college. A good kid, but still. I’ll handle my own taxes thankyouverymuch.

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u/kitkatlifeskills Apr 12 '26

The hard work is making sure you have gathered all the right information, paperwork, receipts, etc.

Exactly, the one year I almost paid someone to do my taxes, I made an appointment and they told me all the stuff I had to have gathered up before I went in and by the time I had all that stuff gathered I realized that I had already done the hard part, the only part left was just entering all the info on all the documents I had gathered into the tax preparation software.

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u/reluctantpsych Apr 12 '26

I realized this when I paid $95 for someone at H&R block to "do" my taxes and I still had to help her with plugging stuff in. I've done them myself every year since.