So when will I get my tax refund?

If you filed your federal return electronically, I found a nice little resource over at TaxAct.com that can give you an idea of when your refund should arrive. Basically it looks like they divide filings into weekly cycles that start and end at 11am EST on Thursdays, with direct deposit refunds being sent the following [...]

Looking ahead: 2008 Federal Income Tax Brackets

While most Americans have not even filed their tax returns for 2007 yet, our friends at the blood-sucking IRS have released the federal income tax brackets for 2008. Without further ado, here are the brackets for married filing jointly. For other filing status brackets, see the IRS bulletin here.

TABLE 1 — Section 1(a). — [...]