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This is an addition to what I had originally posted below. Bob Meighan, a VP from Intuit (creator of Turbotax) has pointed out that the feature described below in my original review is STILL available in Turbotax Deluxe; their marketing (Web Site) did not provide that information. Bob has stated, and I have verified, that the features list has been corrected/enhanced on the Turbotax website. Thanks to Intuit for being responsive and correcting their product description. I hope that others don’t get pushed into buying a more expensive version of Turbotax than they really need.
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I assume that Turbotax ‘Deluxe’ for 2007 will be as good as previous versions. It is a very solid product. The problem is that, if you believe their own product descriptions, a very useful, timesaving feature that has been available in the 2006 version of ‘Deluxe’ has been taken out of the 2007 ‘Deluxe’ version and limited to the ‘Premier’ version and higher.

They are like a drug pusher. They start you off cheap, get you hooked, and then jack up the price.

The feature which is not described as being part of ‘Deluxe’ 2007, but was part of ‘Deluxe’ 2006 provides the ability to import year end interest and dividend data from various financial institutions directly into Turbotax over the internet. The 2007 version of Turbotax ‘Deluxe’ has no mention of that feature being included. I verified by reading the full description of the various version features on the Intuit web site. The import feature is described as being available with Turbotax ‘Premier’ at a cost of $25 more (at Amazon prices) than ‘Deluxe.’ So, to get the same features that you had last year in Turbotax ‘Deluxe’, you must buy the higher level ‘Premier’ version this year and pay over 60% more than the ‘Deluxe’ version. A very hidden huge price increase from 2006 to 2007.