VINNY FEDERAL INCOME TAX 2009 QUICK ESTIMATOR 9.0
                - for tax year 2008 -
                ( by Vinny Graphics )


INTRODUCTION
Vinny Federal Income Tax 2009 is a FREE utility program that
provides a quick estimate of your 2008 federal income tax. It is
very simple to use and has a cross reference to 2008 federal
form 1040 line numbers. The following are suggested uses:

1- Quick estimate, are you due a refund?, do you have to pay more?
2- Evaluate various personal or itemized deduction possibilities.
3- Cross check your normal tax preparation results.

The program steps and its reference data are noted below. The zip
package vtax.zip contains the complete 32-bit utility program for
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/XP/Vista. 


INSTALLATION
Unzip [vtax.zip] before trying to install Vinny Federal Income 
Tax. The zip file contains two files:
1-[readVtax.txt] is this file.
2-[install.exe] will install Vinny Federal Income Tax in a with
directory of your choosing while creating an uninstall file along
start menu items and an optional desktop icon.
 
PROGRAM STEPS:
The program is very easy to use just follow these steps.

1-Select the Filing Status radio button.
2-Check all the special exemptions that apply to you or your spouse.
3-Enter your estimated Adjusted Gross Income in (item 1).
4-Enter the total number of dependents you claim in (item 2).
5-At this point you can click on the [Update] button to get your
  an estimate of your total federal income tax. (item 6)
6-If you are planning on itemizing you deductions enter you 
  estimate in (item 5) and re-click the [Update] button. The
  program always chooses the larger of the standard or itemized 
  deduction.
7-You can enter the total federal tax withheld in (item 7)
  and re-click update. This will display (item 8 or item 9).
  These last two items are estimated refund or payment due.
8-You can make changes to any of the entered items at any time and
  re-click [Update] to revise estimates. Use the [Clear] button to 
  reset all values to zero. When you exit the program a small file
  (vTax.txt) in the vTax directory stores the last update and
  entered  values.

RECOMMENDED USE AND SOURCE DATA
This program is intended to be used only to obtain a quick estimate
of your federal income tax. The source data for the program is 
listed below:

The IRS booklet 2008 1040 instructions cat no 11325E
1-Page 35 Standard Deduction Chart
2-Page 36 Deduction for exemptions worksheet
3-Page 92 2008 Tax Rate Schedules

CAUTION
This program is NOT recommended to be used as a substitute for
your normal federal income tax preparation approach. As noted it
should be used to provide a quick cross check or rough estimate.
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The author is a retired engineer.  He lives in Bolton,  CT.
If you have any questions or comments,  contact him at one of
the  addresses listed below.  

MAIL ADDRESS

Vincent J. Sansevero, Jr.
9 Deming Road
Bolton, Ct 06043

EMAIL ADDRESS
vsansevero@earthlink.net

HOMEPAGE URL
http://home.earthlink.net/~vsansevero/