It is that most wonderful time of the year when W-2s start arriving in the mail.  I enjoy the process of filing my own taxes every year–as long as I’m getting money back.  For the past several years, I’ve been using TurboTax online.  If you can trust Intuit to store your tax data in their online “vault,” it makes it even easier in subsequent years as the application can auto-fill a lot of things for you.  Best of all, there is no software to install year after year.

There are always deals out there for TurboTax.  Here are my recommendations for the 2008 tax year:

1. If you aren’t itemizing deductions and have a simple return to file, TurboTax Free Edition is probably the best choice.  Federal returns and efile are free.  You only pay $14.95 for each state.

2. If you are itemizing deductions or need to file Schedule C, click here for a 25% discount on Federal and State returns through Fidelity.  You don’t have to be a Fidelity customer to get this discount.

Happy filing!