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Tax Refunds Are Shrinking -- and That's a Good Thing
6:30AM 1/12/2012
2011 wasn't a good year for those expecting big checks from the IRS. Not only were fewer refunds delivered, but the average refund was smaller. That's no surprise in this economy, but it's also a sign that Americans are getting smarter about how we handle our taxes.
Just last week, the IRS announced that Free File is officially open for business for the 2010 tax season. No matter what your filing status or income level, you can use Free File.
The most commonly-touted services under Free File are tax preparation software packages, the product of a...
IRS e-file for the 2010 tax season will officially open for business on Jan. 14, 2011. Take note, however, that due to the last-minute tax deal in the form of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, tax season might start a little later for some...
Filing a return online expected by 100 million taxpayers
12:30PM 1/20/2010
On Jan. 15, 2010, IRS e-file officially opened for business for the tax season. The IRS expects more than 100 million individual taxpayers to file their returns online in 2010 after banner years in 2008 and 2009.
The hundreds of millions of tax returns filed over the past three years mark a...
States and Feds go paperless to save at tax season
11:00AM 12/15/2009
Money may not grow on trees -- but cutting back on paper sure saves money. At least that's what a number of states are saying this year.
This year, states are encouraging the use of electronic filing for individual income tax returns by cutting back on the distribution of printed income tax forms...
If you're not filing your federal income tax returns electronically, you are in the minority. The Internal Revenue Service has seen a big jump in the number of taxpayers using e-file over the last 10 years. In 2008, almost 58% of the 155 million tax returns filed were filed electronically, and it's...
I am one of the world's leading procrastinators. Last night I finished and hit "transmit" on my E-filed taxes at exactly 11:59 p.m. I had planned to do my taxes in February, of course, and then... all of the sudden it was April 15th, and it was nearly midnight. What some people do for an adrenaline...
We know the tax code is complex, and the zillions of available forms and schedules don't make things any less confusing. Doing a tax return by hand is almost impossible these days, unless you have a super simple tax situation.Whether your tax return is easy or complicated, you'll probably have an...
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