Finally, be sure that you use a preparer that you trust to know the rules and to follow-up, if needed.

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"If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules, " Semler explains.

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Rehnquist has been known to cut lawyers off in mid-sentence when their time has expired and to berate those who don't know or don't follow the rules.

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