Even though filing your tax return is something you do every year, not everyone gets familiar with it over time. Besides deciding which service or software is best for you, new income streams and life events can change your information, which means this year’s tax filing won’t be the same as last year’s filing.

In fact, for some, tax season comes with so much stress that you feel like ripping your hair out. While this may sound like an exaggeration to you, it is the reality for others. But while there aren’t two individuals with identical financial situations, it can certainly help to seek some help from an accountant before filling out the forms.

However, even if you’ve hired an expert to help you file your tax return, there are some things you should know about filing. So that’s why it’s important to ask your accountant any questions you may have about taxes and filing. If you’re not happy with the answers, you can choose someone else or do some research on your own.

In fact, if you were to ask your accountant, most would probably come up with the same pearls of wisdom on how to not forget or what to not do in the whole tax-filing process.

In order to save you from trouble—and anxiety—we tracked down a tax guy, and he shared with us some tax return secrets that could come in handy. Check this out!