Photo by Steve Andrascik . The end is near. Well, for tax season at least. Local tax preparers and certified public accountants say the filing season is going smoothly.
Firms are ready with extra staff and longer hours, and signs of panic so far have been few.
FULL TEXT Executive makes a taxing career look easy Although some Americans might prefer gobbling thumbtacks to facing tax time, John Hewitt embraces it. The season, as preparers call it, that nerve-wracking tax period roughly between New Year's and April's third week, has brought Hewitt great thrills and wealth. It's made him a millionaire and made his career. Al Gibes Back in the pre-Internet days, doing research for a school project meant reaching for a volume from a set of aging encyclopedias on a lower shelf in the back of the classroom. On an upcoming CBS entertainment special with Leeza Gibbons, creators of the Web portal iWon.