Joshua Rodriguez is a personal finance and investing writer with a passion for his craft. When he's not working, he enjoys time with his wife, two kids and two dogs. It's tax season again.

An individual taxpayer is estimated to spend 13 hours and $240 out-of-pocket costs just to prepare and file one annual tax return, according to the Taxpayer Advocate's 2022 annual report to Congress.

program – an annual initiative to provide free tax preparation for qualifying individuals and families throughout the greater Chattanooga region. Individuals and households whose income is $ ...

which accounted for between 13 percent and 21 percent of the total tax return. That’s well above the averages quoted in the annual reports of major chains like H&R Block and Liberty, which fell ...