April 15 is the normal tax deadline for federal and state tax returns to be filed. For some, that is an exercise done at home manually or with a computer program, for others by an accountant, or by a preparer. Kiplinger offers some advice on hiring a tax preparer in its Personal Finance newsletter  https://www.kiplinger.com/article/taxes/T056-C005-S002-what-you-must-know-about-tax-preparers.html . Also on the topic of tax preparation, the Wall Street Journal offers some insight on the nations most popular tax preparation software, and what TurboTax users need to know.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/fraud-alert-what-turbotax-users-need-to-know-now-1423847170