Filing taxes each year can be stressful. Getting a tax refund can be a welcome relief if you’re on a tight budget, while owing taxes can leave you scrambling to figure out how to pay. Whether you file ...

If you’re tired of paying someone else to handle your taxes, you can file your own return to save money. It might seem intimidating to wade through tax forms – how do you even know which ones to use?

Doing your own taxes is way easier than it seems. Our parents had it rough during tax season. Doing their own taxes sometimes took a week or more. They’d spread papers and receipts across the kitchen ...

This year, residents of 25 states can do their taxes using the IRS’s free Direct File service, as long as their taxes are relatively simple. This year, residents of 25 states can do their taxes using ...

Lawmakers and the IRS have long grappled with how to offer free, online tax filing—and what the role of tax preparation ...

Nearly every working U.S. citizen and permanent resident has to file taxes every year, but not everyone goes about it in the same way. A recent GOBankingRates survey found that 31% of people intend to ...

Deciding how to choose your tax status seems like it should be easy. But it’s really not. A couple years ago, the Internal Revenue Service website listed filing the wrong tax status as one of the most ...

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Tax Day is just around the corner. The deadline to file your 2024 taxes is April 15, 2025. If you cannot complete your taxes by the deadline, you can request an automatic six-month extension to file ...