meandale, I looked up both Chris (licensee) and the firm on the State Board site and they are violation free and in good status. It sounds like they are working out for you and at a good rate. My point about the price was that it is not a flat rate, rather, it is driven by both the actual time (hourly fee) and the amount of schedules required, hence, the more complex the return, the greater the price. Perhaps I generally have been involved in preparation of more complex returns.