One of these days very soon the Federal government will have free electronic filing for all simply because it will save a large pile of money/work by not having to deal with enter information on paper returns into a database. Every year they inch closer and closer to this by allowing more and more "low-income" earners to file for free. (I think if your total income was less than $55,000 this year you could file for free.) Right now, probably over half of the tax-payers could file for free. My prediction: in less than 5 years over 90% filings will be electronic. You heard it hear first.
(Oh, as a bonus side-note, TurboTax thinks the likelihood of an audit is "low" this year. We haven't been audited yet for our 2007 return so we may have slipped of their radar for now. I do have a friend, though, who is being audited for his 2007 return and due to my past experiences he has come to me for a bit a preparation guidance. Once the word gets out that I'm fought the IRS behemoth twice and have been victorious, their going to be beating down my door for help. I might have to start charging.)
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