Legette's Tax Service

I HAVE BEEN A CLIENT OF LEGETTE TAXES FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE BUSINESS NAME WAS CHANGED TO LEGETTE TAXES IN 2006. THIS BUSINESS WAS RECOMMENDED TO ME BY A CLOSE FRIEND. SINCE I HAD MY TAXES DONE BY THE OWNER OF THIS BUSINESS IN 2005, MY FREIND HAS BEEN AUDITED AND EVERYONE SHE HAS RECOMMENDED HAS TOO. LAST YEAR MY MOTHER WHO BECAME A CLIENT OF LEGETTE IN 2006, WAS AUDITED AND SHE WAS TOLD THE OWNER HERSELF WAS AUDITED AROUND THE SAME TIME. TWO WEEKS AGO, MY NUMBER CAME UP AND I RECEIVED AN AUDIT LETTER. I HAVE SINCE TRIED TO REACH SOMEONE AT THE COMPANY BUT NEVER CAN. I HAVE SINCE LOOKED AT MY TAX FORMS AND CAN SEE THAT THE PREPARER CLAIMED OVER 16K IN DEDUCTION ON MY SCHEDULE A FORM WHICH I HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION OF AND CAN'T EXPLAIN. LESSON FOR THE DAY IS: DON'T TRUST YOUR TAX PREPARER TO THE POINT THAT YOU DON'T CHECK YOUR RETURN AFTER THEY PREPARE IT!! I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST THEM NOT TO FUDGE ANYTHING, BUT DON'T!!!