Taxpayer education
Learn to file your own return
Our taxpayer education service is for people who want to understand their taxes and learn to file their own returns. We’ll go over your prior-year return together — what the numbers mean, how the pieces fit, and what you’ll need to prepare your own return in the future.
My goal is to help you build the knowledge and confidence to handle your taxes yourself when your situation allows.
Praise God, I’m an Enrolled Agent!
The IRS has approved my enrollment. I said here that I would say so the day that changed, and this is that day: I am enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service. That means I can now represent you before the IRS, answer its letters for you and ask for penalties to be removed, as well as explain and plan — and I will still tell you, every time, when you do not need to pay anyone for it.
One price for an individual or a married couple — a married couple files one return, so learning it is one conversation, not two.
What the hour covers
- Your prior-year return, read line by line — what each figure is, and where it came from
- How the pieces fit: income, adjustments, deductions, credits, and what actually drives the tax
- Which of your documents matter, and which ones you can stop worrying about
- What changes next year, and what to watch for in your own situation
- What you will need in hand to prepare the return yourself
Who it is for
- People who want to understand their taxes rather than hand them over
- Anyone whose situation is steady enough to file for themselves once they know how
- Couples — a married couple files one return, so it is one session at one price
If your situation is genuinely complicated, or you would simply rather not do it yourself, say so and I will tell you plainly — we prepare returns too, and sometimes that is the right answer. A single question that does not need the whole hour is a consultation, $60 for 30 minutes or $120 per hour.
This service is meant to put itself out of a job
If it works, you will not need it twice. Filing your own Form 1040 here costs $5 for the federal return, against $160 to have us prepare it. An hour spent learning your own return is the cheapest of the three within a year, and that is the outcome it is for.
Booking
Use the form, or reach me directly — both land with the same person, and that person is me.
- Email ian@gideonsolutions.us
- Call or text 980-441-7721
- Message me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/iajoiner
Have the return you want to go through to hand for the session. You do not need to send it to me beforehand, and I would rather you did not — we will read it together.
God willing, Gideon will provide affordable, honest service and help more taxpayers become confident, informed filers.