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2007 Online Tax Guide **Updated - February, 2008)

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It’s here again - another new year…another new tax season! Why wait until April to file your taxes if you’re due a refund?? Below you’ll find some good tax advice and links to other advice, tips on tax breaks, tax software reviews, and how to e-file your tax return free! Sam and I have both e-filed the last few years, and if you don’t have an accountant, it is the way to go - and sometimes you can go that way free! For this year, both Turbo Tax and Tax Cut have great tax prep software, so read the full reviews below carefully to see which one might be the best fit for you!

Here’s some helpful tax tips, gathered from reputable sites around the internet. All links updated for 2008

PcWorld surveys the latest tax software, and reviews it - February, 2008.

Irs.gov 2008 Tax Tips

Turbotax Tax tips

Turbo Tax Top Ten Year end Tax Tips

ABC News Year End Tax Tips

CompleteTax Tax Tips

Reviews of 2007 Tax Prep Software:

Cnet.com’s 2007 Tax guide. It includes software reviews, as well as some good online tax filing tips.

Tax-Software-Review.com - In their 2008 Tax Software reviews, they list Turbo Tax Deluxe first, Tax Act second and H&R Block Taxcut third. They have a easy to follow chart listing the pros and cons of 10 different filing methods. It’s a very good chart that also has a good feature list.

Pcworld.com Tax return software review. They also have Turbo Tax on top, followed by Tax Act and Taxcut.

Other helpful tax articles: (updated February, 2008)

About.com Tax Guide
How to negotiate tax debt with the I.R.S.
Hybrid Cars to bring tax breaks in 2007
Pcworld article on how to get free online filing
IRS guide to sites that offer free filing (if you meet the conditions)
File Free with the IRS
PcWorld - Tips for e-filing

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