Editor’s note: This is the first article in a six-part series focused on paying for education using smart financial and estate planning. Other articles focus on 529 plans, Coverdell Education Savings ...

With half of 2023 in the books, investors could already start thinking of how to minimize their tax burden when 2024 comes around. One way is via tax-loss harvesting, which is an advantage of direct ...

The Internal Revenue Service rolled out new details for how select taxpayers will be able to prepare and file their federal income taxes online directly with the agency for free under a limited test ...

A person promotes the Direct File pilot program at the Internal Revenue Service building on April 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) As ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tax season is here and so are scammers who are sending texts that look like they're from the IRS but are designed to get your personal information or even steal your tax refund. One ...

If Republicans on Capitol Hill get their way, the IRS's free direct tax-filing tool is going away for good. A 389-page tax bill released by House Republicans on Tuesday includes a provision directing ...

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Direct File, now in its second year, lets some taxpayers electronically file their returns directly with the agency for free. Some are calling for it to be discontinued, saying the price tag may not ...

Industrial policy is trending. At a time when few policy ideas win bipartisan support, government subsidies for favored industries are feeling the love from Democrats and even many Republicans. But ...