While fear is a completely normal reaction, here are three steps every taxpayer should follow if they receive an IRS letter.

Amending a tax return can be very complex. There are many considerations, from determining what is incorrect and what the correct information should be, to knowing what forms to attach, to making sure the state return is amended correctly and timely.

Quartz: The 1040 has been the primary American tax form since the introduction of the personal income tax in 1913. That’s even been the form’...

Impossible though it may seem, roughly one-third of Americans actually like doing their taxes. Then there are the normal people, who perhaps feel a se...

Filing a tax return extension can remove the failure-to-file penalty, which is the larger penalty on a monthly basis, but it will not remove the failure-to-pay penalty.

The hurdles that Governors Jindal, Kasich, Fallin, and Heineman encountered in their own states and with their own allies do suggest that there may be a bit less appetite for radical tax change in the states than it seemed a month or two ago.

Worried you won’t be able to file your taxes by the Monday, April 15 deadline? Don’t fear, you can file for an extension. Head over to the IRS...

It’s pretty much the only good thing about tax season: Your tax refund. After you file your taxes, the government (both state and federal) will i...

Where is my tax refund? It's a common question. So if you finally got around to filing your tax return and find yourself anxiously wondering when you ...

There are many benefits to filing your taxes online. Aside from saving paper, online tax filing makes it easier to organize all of your tax inform...

If you're planning to file an extension because you might owe taxes, you should know that an extension only extends the deadline for the forms to be filed. It is not an extension to pay your any taxes you owe.

The Internal Revenue Service allows Americans that make less than $57,000 a year to file federal income tax returns for free –- but what about state...

You don’t have to pay big bucks in order to file your taxes by Tax Day on Monday, April 15, 2013. The IRS offers a service called “IRS Free Fi...

Filing your tax returns doesn't need to burn a hole in your wallet. There are a number of services available that will help you file your taxes free o...

Filing your tax returns doesn't have to mean killing trees. You can file your taxes online using Free File, tax preparation software or a tax prepa...

Tax Day -- the deadline to file your 2012 taxes -- is coming up on Monday, April 15, 2013. One convenient way to file your taxes is through IRS e-file...

People everywhere hate taxes. What makes the United States distinctive, I think, is our insistence on collecting so much of our tax revenue in a distinctly unpleasant way. No stealthy value-added taxes for us! We're going to do it the hard way.

Form W-2 is one of the most essential pieces of paper when filing your taxes. If you've lost a W-2 -- or if you never got one in the first place -- th...

By now you've heard me say that 75 percent of all taxpayers receive a refund (according to public IRS data it's even higher this year), so what happens if you are in the other 25 percent and owe?