By CNBC.com staff, CNBC •
Updated 3 hours ago
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The IRS estimates the average taxpayer spends 12 hours working on their taxes and pays an average of $230 to get their paperwork filed.
"Your tax return is in no way that simple," Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Chief Tax Information Officer Mark Steber said. "I don't care who you are or what economic situation you're in; high, medium, low, no income, or unemployed."
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However, tax experts say those forms and schedules are actually designed to help people save money.