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When tax time rolls around, you may not want to fork over the cash to have a professional handle your tax return. With a little patience, you can probably do the filing yourself. Thanks to the Web, many of the forms, as well as the guidance you need, can be found online at our site and at the IRS site. We've bookmarked the important ones here.

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Compiled by Dena Dubay, Dani Arthur, Amy Fleitas and Myra Cristobal. Illustrations by Brandy Kesl.