The 2026 tax season is well underway, with less than a month until the April 15 deadline. Close to 90% of filers expect a refund, according to a new LendingTree survey, and a third of them plan to use ...

Free File is not Direct File, which the IRS has discontinued for the 2026 tax season. This tax season, according to the IRS, eight private-sector partners are offering guided tax software products ...

IRS Free File, which offers free guided tax preparation for lower-income taxpayers and free electronic fillable forms for all ...

Federal income tax is a necessary evil, but residents in some parts of the country don't have to pay state income tax. In 32 states and Washington, D.C., residents are subject to a progressive income ...

An amended return is a taxpayer’s opportunity to receive any unclaimed refund or correct an instance of underpayment after ...

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...

While taxes may feel inevitable, not everyone has to file. You likely need to file if you’ve made above the income threshold, if you had self-employment income or if you meet other criteria. Read on ...

Made a mistake while filing your 2025 income tax return this year? You aren't alone — In its 2025 annual report to congress, the National Taxpayer Advocate says the IRS processed about 3.7 million ...

Tax season opened this year on January 26, 2026, and the IRS expects to process more than 164 million individual tax returns for the 2025 tax year. But not everyone is rushing to file, and not ...