Check the Tax section of your state web site and see if you meet their requirements for e-filing free, and if they have a link to TurboTax for the Web, you must use that link to do both your state and federal returns and there won't be any charge.

Not all states participate, but many do.

I think you can file for free via the State Farm website if you're a customer. Too bad I didn't know that sooner because I use them for auto insurance.

Maybe this is just a TurboTax thing, though, and not a federally mandated rule.

http://www.patentlystupid.com/node/48080

Been hearing a lot of people reccomend this lately.

http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html

"Joe Francis, the "Girls Gone Wild" founder, was indicted today on federal tax evasion charges for illegally deducting more than $20 million in phony business expenses from his 2002 and 2003 corporate tax returns."

my personal favorite? $333,333.33 + $1,666,666.67 in false insurance expenses.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0411072joe...