Turbotax software can be very preferably used for filing tax return for the income of year 2008.For estimation of your Income Tax Refund for year 2008, On the basis of your past tax filing experiences, you can be able to judge about your estimated tax refund for the current year which can help you in managing the amount of your refund. Listed below are some of the important things which can help you maximize your income tax refunds:

-    Based on your previous year’s tax return, you can see that what deductions did you take in your 2007 tax return. In salaried personal tax returns, where we expect refunds in most cases, basically there are same deductions almost every year & some new keep adding each year like relief in 2007. The repetitive deductions every year may be mortgage interest, real estate taxes, IRA contributions, and charitable contributions, medical expenses, various taxes, that safe deposit box you keep, and if you are required to pay certain expenses, like alimony, for a home office, travel, mileage & many more depending upon case to case.
-    Besides the above two, there are many Tax advisors in the market who can offer you advice. If you need a free advice, you can contact your local library where you can receive the benefit of free tax return filing & free tax advice to save your money absolutely free. Also you can receive this benefit from Red Cross Societies as well.
-    There are many resources available over the internet like Turbo tax software which not even offers you free filing but also while you are using the software, it asks you certain questions & checklist on the basis of which it gives a quote of estimated refund/ payment as the case may be., it tries to maximize the refund or reduce the payment needed to be done by reminding you any of the deductions you may qualify but not claimed by you. And by free e filing, you get your money saved too.
So go ahead and to get the maximum of your money from income tax return file your taxes using Turbotax software foryear 2008.