IncomeTaxes

So you're a carefree college student, and to you, April 15 is just another splendid spring day. If you don't think you need to worry about income taxes, you may want to think again. By not filing income taxes, college students lose refunds (especially if they work) and tax credits. Not filing...

No use complaining. It's coming, whether we like it or not: April 15th is on the way. But on the plus side, if you're thinking about your taxes already and not trying to make sense of everything on April 14, then you have some time to ponder what gifts Uncle Sam has come up with to make paying...

Now that we've rung in 2010, it's time to think about our fiscal health. And with tax season only four months away, the sooner you get started, the less panicked and stressed out you'll be. After all, isn't one of your New Year's resolutions to reduce stress in your life? Our experts tackle two...

Our man Abelicio Padilla has been blogging about his personal financial situation and he has been seeking advice for making sound money decisions. I wrote this piece as my input into his situation. If you'd like more background before you proceed, read Abelicio Padilla's interesting blog posts...

Spanish-speaking taxpayers have tons of resources available to them from the Internal Revenue Service. Many of the pages on the IRS website are translated into Spanish, including those linking to forms, publications, and instructions. Several pages about tax scams are also translated, and there are...

Tax Freedom Day falls on April 23 this year, according to the Tax Foundation. Each year the Tax Foundation calculates how many days Americans must work to pay all of their taxes, assuming all of your wages would go to pay taxes first. Then the remaining days of the year, all of your wages are...

This post was written as part of a series on tax excuses that don't work. One common argument against paying income taxes is that money received for providing labor or personal services isn't really income. They say that there really is no gain that can be taxed when physical labor is exchanged...

This post was written as part of a series on tax excuses that don't work. Tax protestors suggest filing a tax return that shows zero income, so that your resulting income tax will be zero. That's all fine and well, unless of course you have income. Then that nifty "zero return" is a lie, and...

This post was written as part of a series on tax excuses that don't work. Wouldn't it be nice to get out of paying taxes just by not being a citizen of the United States? Well it's not quite that easy.The scam goes like this... A tax protestor says that he is rejecting his U.S. citizenship and is...

This post was written as part of a series on tax excuses that don't work. Those opposed to paying federal income taxes often claim that the whole system is optional and they choose not to participate in it. They claim that there is no law requiring them to pay taxes and they demand that someone...