re: Should I find another CPA?

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If you provided the accountant with the Form 1098-E reporting the student loan interest, and the CPA neglected to include it on your tax return, then he should feel an obligation to correct his negligence. If he will not acknowledge his negligence and correct it for free, then you probably should seek another advisor.

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I filed my taxes from 2013 with Turbo Tax. I do beleive I reported my student loan interest then. I thought I had given him a copy of the final report, but I need to go back and check. And no, I did not give him the 1098-E form from 2014. It completely slipped my mind.

Prior to giving him a list of expesnes from 2014, he did provide me a grid with the categories for all my business expenses (This, I thought, was very helpful). Common deductions for a married acouple were never really discussed though. The business was the major theme for every session.

My wife and I figured there would be more deductions, however, in addition to the busines. We asked him clearly what other deductions could be made (Perhaps TurboTax had spoiled us in the previous years). We bought a house in 2014 and so he told us about real estate insurance interest. My wife was also in shcool so we included any expenses related to this (she did not take out a loan, however).

But looking back, he didn't ask us about student loan interest, nor did we think about it at the time.

So all-in-all, I guess both parties dropped the ball. It just seemed odd, espcailly after several meetings, that something as major as student loan interest (for either of us) was never discussed. I have yet to confront him about my issues, but I will express my concenrns about the making sure something like this doesn't happen again.

Thank you all for your responses.