My job, mortgage consultant, has lots of travel time and many things I didn't know how to write off in my taxes forcing me to employ a certified C.P.A. to itemize my deductions and maximize my refund.  With the economy being the way it is and my job suffering a little from the mortgage crisis, spending the $400 to get my taxes done was not an option.  I purchased the Deluxe Version of Turbo Tax earlier in February 2009 with a little skepticism of how easy it was going to be.  To my surprise, everything was mapped out and the software actually knew where my deductions were going to come from...