It's Tax Season: I never thought I would be doing my taxes myself, but this years financial woes force all of us to cut out the fat wherever we can. My decision to do my tax return myself in order to chip away on accounting bills was nerve racking. I'm no math wiz and I surely don't know all the ins and outs of tax credits and deductions. To my surprise though, I didn't need to know jack about computers or taxes... Today's software products walk you through tax return preparation step by step in an easy to follow guided format, and it makes doing your tax return yourself one of the best ways to cut down on financial costs.

Both Intuit TurboTax and H&R Block TaxCut offer FREE Editions this year for simple tax returns, and both also offer a Free Tax Estimator

FREE Tax Estimators: In about 10 minutes you can estimate your Federal refund in advance. Simply plug in the approximate numbers asked for, and as quick as that you'll have the estimate of how much you will owe, or are getting back, it's that easy!