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Get a head start on your taxes.

As of Jan. 16, 2009, the IRS started accepting electronically filed returns. If you’re expecting a refund and file electronically, you could have cash in your pocket in as few as 10 days via direct deposit.

Now, if you think you’ll be writing a check to Uncle Sam, get a jump on filing your taxes before April 15 with tax tips and advice from these helpful sources.

About.com’s extensive Tax Planning feed and site covers the basics and offers articles covering an extensive list of tax topics.

This self-proclaimed tax geek from Texas wants to help you put more money in your bank account, and not the government’s, with her blog Don’t Mess With Taxes.

The Taxgirl is another source for tax advice. She loves to write and talk taxes, and even encourages people to submit questions.

Yahoo! News’s Filing Taxes feed surfaces the most-recent news related to filing taxes.

To help make sense of any tax changes, or if you’re just looking for practical tax tips and advice, check out CNN Money.com’s IRS Help, Tax Breaks and Loopholes and The Wall Street Journal’s Tax Report.

- Helen
My Yahoo! Editor