Tonight, I’m sitting down to file my taxes.  I’m still waiting for a few 1099s to arrive in the mail, so I’ll probably just enter my basic information and get a feel for where we stand.

Last year, I managed to fully-fund my 403b account.  By doing so, I have reduced my overall taxes.  But, I also earned some money from blogging and eBay sales.  I’ll have to pay income tax and self-employment tax on this income.

I’ve already entered some ‘estimations’ - based on a spreadsheet that I have that tracks my income and expenses.  It looks like we did a great job estimating our with-holdings, and we’ll be within $100 of where we need to be.  Of course, this doesn’t mean that we won’t ‘pay’ taxes for 2007 - But it does mean that we did a good job of estimating our ‘prepayments’ - And we avoided giving the federal government an over-sized interest-free loan.

I actually enjoy filing my taxes.  It’s always interesting to see how the various online tax preparation sites have changed / improved over the years.  I usually pick two or three online preparation sites, enter my information, and check for discrepancies.

By the way - many tax payers can file their taxes for free.  Checkout the IRS site for more information about free file.