It's common for people to request professional tax preparation services when they're not familiar with the process entailed in preparing and filing tax returns. It's important verify a preparer's credentials before hiring them.

Outsourced accounting is a practice in which a company hires a third-party service to manage its financial activities and has grown to be considered an appealing alternative for many businesses and corporations.

The task of filing a deceased person's last tax return usually falls on the person's spouse or an executor that's authorized to manage the person's belongings, taking into account the person's previous income.