We normally don't have too much of a problem filing...although last year it did take me a couple of days because of all the different forms dealing with a sizeable inheritance from my late sister. Turns out that I actually, apparently, hosed that one up to some degree, because I ended up overpaying by more than $8K and was pleasantly surprised when they gave the money back to me. That could have easily gone the other way.
This year I'm putting up the white flag. I've spent the last five hours reading and re-reading the seemingly endless instructions for reporting a capital gain loss (from the sale of my sister's house) and I'm conceding defeat. I'm going to go pay the H & R Block dude a hundred dollars to fill in the blanks of the Form 8949 and Schedule D for me, because the 1099-S the title company sent me (and the IRS) doesn't reflect all the closing costs and allowances to the Buyer, or the fact that the sale price was $12K under the house's assessed value.
Heck with it. It's worth a Franklin to me to be able to kick back this afternoon and think about something else.