The IRS has released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams to educate taxpayers about tax and finance fraud — especially identity theft schemes. The outreach effort reminds taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for scams, knowing
The Internal Revenue Service has announced Monday, January 26, 2026, as the opening of the nation’s 2026 filing season. But since key forms, such as W-2’s, aren’t due until a little later, you may not be able to file that
Imagine the IRS offering an apology with your tax refund: Sorry, here’s your money back. In the 2022 tax season, more than 110 million taxpayers received a tax refund — and bragged about it! The average refund was $3,252. Instead
The beginning of the new year is the time for taxpayers to start gathering their documents to file their 2023 returns. And the IRS has announced some important enhancements taxpayers should be aware of to ease the yearly burden. It’s
Want to make sure your tax paperwork is organized? Keep excellent records all year. That way, after the end of the year, you just gather applicable tax documents that arrive in the mail or become available online. Ensure you’ve received
Reduce your taxes or increase your refund for your next return by planning throughout the year. The IRS suggests that your first consideration should be going to IRS.gov for online tools that can help you file and pay taxes, find
What’s important to you as you prepare to file your taxes? Your situation can make a big difference in the tax your pay and the paperwork you have to file. The IRS is trying to get you off to a
The IRS announced it is opening the 2020 individual income tax return filing season on February 12. (This is later than in past years because of a new law that was enacted late in December.) Even if you typically don’t
In many ways, Form W-2 is simple and straightforward: You enter information that is already available from payroll and personnel records. You then use your employer identification number and, in most cases, a state ID number to complete most of