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What will your tax refund – or payment – look like this year? Changes in your life – like a salary or job change, new house or car, or additions to your family – might affect your refund. Use this tool to estimate your 2008 taxes.

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Personal Info

The tax year you’re planning for

Select your income tax filing status for this year

Your age in the year above

Your spouse’s age in the year above

How many children do you have who are under 17?

How many other dependents do you have?

Wages and Business Income

Your Information

Your yearly salary

Income from your own business

Spouse’s Information

Your spouse’s yearly salary

Income from your spouse’s business

Capital Gains & Losses

Short-term gain or loss (on securities, property or collectibles held a year or less)

Long-term gain or loss (securities, etc., held more than a year), and capital gain distributions

Other Income

Social security benefits you received

Social security benefits your spouse received

Other income not included anywhere else

Personal Expenses

Medical expenses (deductible only if over 7½% of income)

Real estate and personal property taxes

Home mortgage interest and points

Charitable contributions

Other Tax Deductions

Other itemized deductions subject to the 2% limitation

IRA contributions, moving, alimony paid, and other adjustments

State and local income tax deduction or sales tax deduction

Taxes Paid

Total federal income tax withheld from paychecks AND quarterly estimated taxes you paid for this tax year (if any)

Taxes & Credits

Other taxes you have to pay. Don’t enter self-employment taxes or AMT, we calculate those for you.

Child care expenses (so we can calculate the credit for you)

How many children receive care?

Tuition and fees you paid for you or your family (we calculate the education credit for you)

Are these tuition expenses for the first two years of college?

Other tax credits you’re entitled to. Don’t include the child tax credit, the child care credit, and the education credit since we calculate these for you.

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Results

Here’s a summary of your tax situation for the year.

Details

You’ll see how we calculated your income tax liability on this page. Compare these results to your tax return for last year to see if you missed anything obvious in your estimation.

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