Tax professionals who have special licensing or certification include attorneys, CPAs, and Enrolled Agents. Attorneys and CPAs are licensed by states; Enrolled Agents are licensed by the IRS to practice nationwide. There are also other types of qualified return preparers, such as CTEC-registered preparers in California. As others have mentioned, they can help you get missing tax documents and help you navigate the federal and state tax systems.
If you don't have carryover items from year to year such as credits, losses and depreciation, you could prepare the last three years' returns using TurboTax. See here for details about prior year products. You can either prepare the returns yourself, let a tax expert do taxes for you with Live Full Service, or get expert help as you go and a final review with Live Assisted.
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