How to Calculate Your Effective Tax Rate

Knowing your effective tax rate can help you understand how well you’ve been managing your tax situation throughout the year.

Paper tax refunds are being phased out starting Sept. 30. Here’s what to know.

The change will take effect on Sept. 30, which is the same day that the Social Security Administration begins phasing out paper checks in favor of electronic benefit payments. Here’s everything you ...
Time

How to Use Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits Before They Disappear

Solar panels are seen on the roof of a commercial building in West Los Angeles, on Jan. 4, 2025. Solar panels are seen on the roof of a commercial building in West Los Angeles, on Jan. 4, 2025.Daniel ...
Forbes

Federal Tax Changes Have State-Level Consequences

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. The experience with the tax bill enacted at the end of President ...
The Motley Fool

Here's How Trump's Tax Bill Will Affect Social Security Taxes

The "big, beautiful bill" provides a deduction, but doesn't eliminate the federal tax on Social Security. The amount you owe in federal taxes on Social Security depends on income. State taxes still ...
Tennessean

Big Beautiful Bill includes tax credit for school vouchers: Here's how much, how it works

The federal One Big Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, includes a plan for federal school vouchers. States must choose to opt into the program. A spokesperson for Tennessee Gov. Bill ...