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  • 13 states could participate in IRS’ 2024 Direct File pilot

    October 17, 2023
    UPDATE, Sept. 5, 2025: Has your state joined Direct File? Check out this special Direct File 2025 Participating States page.…
  • Most Californians get another month to file federal and state tax returns

    October 16, 2023
    Updated Tuesday, October 17, 2023 The Internal Revenue Service's surprise announcement came on what was Tax Day for millions of…
  • Tax Gap grows to $688 billion per latest IRS calculations

    October 15, 2023
    Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash The Internal Revenue Service relies on taxpayers voluntarily filing correct tax returns and paying…
  • File (and pay) your taxes by Oct. 16 or face penalties

    October 14, 2023
    Tax time is almost up if you got a filing extension. (Unsplash+ in collaboration with Getty Images) It is Tax Day…
  • Don’t fear, or fall for, these 13 scary, but wrong, tax myths

    October 13, 2023
    Reviewed and reposted Friday, June 13, 2025. No upcoming eclipse, or Halloween scares this summer month, but these 13 tax…
  • Social Security taxable wage base goes to $168,600 in 2024

    October 12, 2023
    The coming wage base bump also means more FICA taxes for higher earners. It looks like this man got the…
  • GOP tax bill would increase standard deduction by up to $4,000

    October 11, 2023
    Around this time each year, the Internal Revenue Service releases its annual inflation adjustments for a wide range of tax…
  • 8 filing tips for Oct. 16 tax extension filers

    October 10, 2023
    If you're just now getting to work on your extended 2022 tax return, which is due to the Internal Revenue…
  • Oct. 16 also is deadline for some self-employed retirement account contributions

    October 9, 2023
    You have a lot of responsibilities when you're self-employed. One includes making contributions to your retirement plan, which in some…
  • Farmers & ranchers in 49 states get drought tax relief

    October 8, 2023
    These cattle chilling out in the West Texas Big Bend area don't appear worried about much. Their owners, however, have a…
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