Since I work for an auditing firm, the are graciously helping out with the preparation of my federal tax return. (They did send me to China in 2012 which very much complicates the federal tax return, but the help is still appreciated). I still have to fill out an intimidating questionnaire, since the 2013 federal tax code is very different, very much more complicated than the very first one issued in the USA 100 years ago in 1913, which was all of four pages. Check it out below .. pictures and commentary I got from a recent Sunday edition of the New York Times.