Free Efile - Prepare Your Free Tax Return With TaxACT Standard

Packed with features to make your free tax return fast & easy:

Get your refund fast with FREE Efile—Receive a refund in about half the time as a paper filer, or even faster with Direct Deposit. Best of all, it's FREE with TaxACT!
New! TaxACT® TaxPayer Support.^TM Doing your taxes is stressful – especially when you're stumped by a tax question. Many do-it-yourselfers need the guidance of a tax specialist to walk them through specific tax situations. Via e-mail, TaxACT TaxPayer Support provides Standard desktop and Online users access to a highly qualified panel of TaxACT experts at no additional cost.
In-depth Form Instructions give guidance for every entry in the Tax Q&A.
Alerts help you steer clear of problems—TaxACT meticulously inspects your return and alerts you to errors, omissions, and valuable tax-saving opportunities you may have missed.
Automatic Update Wizard—Auto-installs the latest version of the software!
Handy "Tax Refund" or "Amount Owed" display—The refund or amount owed is constantly visible on-screen, updating automatically so you know your moment-to-moment tax situation.
Enhanced! Q&A Search Feature. Have a question about where to enter your tax information? TaxACT’s Q&A Search feature has been expanded to include even more topics. Just enter the keywords in the Search Box located in the top right corner of TaxACT’s screen. You’ll immediately be given a list of relative tax topics to guide you to the appropriate interview question.
Enhanced! Display Screen Auto-sizer (Desktop Only). Don’t squint to see that form! TaxACT now programmatically auto-sizes the forms displayed on your screen to whatever resolution you’re running. Reading forms on your screen just got a ton easier.

The tax forms you need—right at your fingertips:

Over the IRS forms, schedules, and worksheets you need—including 1040, 1040A, Schedule C and many more. And, you can be sure your forms and schedules are up-to-date, reflecting all the latest tax law changes. (For a complete listing, see the Forms, Schedules, and Worksheets Charts.)
Multiple occurrences of supporting forms? Piece of cake! Enter as many copies of a supporting form as necessary. If you changed jobs in the middle of the year and have two W-2 forms, TaxACT can handle it!
Online Help is only a click away! TaxACT includes in-product online help to guide you through using the program.

TaxACT Standard

Tax-year 2008 software for Windows. Prepare, print, & e-file your federal return free.

Packed with features to make your free tax return fast & easy:

The tax forms you need—right at your fingertips:

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