There's a new phishing scam circulating via email. The email purports to be sent by the Internal Revenue Service, and states that the email recipient is under criminal investigation for ... Read More

Military personnel serving in combat zones have extra time to file their tax returns and to contribute to an individual retirement account. Eva Rosenberg, an enrolled agent and creator of ... Read More

America's tax agency needs to do a better job of identifying sham non-profits that funnel money to terrorist organizations. At least that's the conclusion of an audit report published by ... Read More

My favorite tax journalist, the intrepid Kay Bell of Don't Mess With Taxes fame, has been profiled by taxgirl. I really enjoy Kay's posts at DMWT, and so it's fun to ... Read More

The hybrid credit can significantly lower your federal income taxes, but the credit is subject to a number of limitations. Most importantly, the hybrid credit will not reduce a taxpayer's ... Read More

Generally, taxpayers can exclude up to $250,000 in capital gains when selling their primary residence. (The exclusion is $500,000 if you are married and filing a joint return.) But not ... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service is providing matching grants of up to $100,000 to non-profit organizations providing tax services to low income clients. Organizations can apply for grants to operate clinics ... Read More

Taxpayers are filing their returns electronically more than ever. Just over 76.7 million individuals filed their federal tax returns electronically as of May 4, 2007, according to the latest filing ... Read More

A little planning ahead can go a long way to keeping your taxes as low as possible in retirement. In order to plan ahead properly, you'll need to understand how ... Read More

May 15th is the deadline for tax-exempt organizations to file their information and tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. Tax-exempt organizations cover a wide range of public charities, private ... Read More

There are five ways to get out of tax debt, including setting up payment plans or asking for deferrments due to financial hardship. Learn what your options are for reducing ... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service issued two updates regarding the hybrid tax credit. General Motors hybrids still qualify for full credit amount. The hybrid credit starts to be reduced once a ... Read More

Last week, I asked readers of my newsletter for suggestions on expanding the topics I cover here on taxes.about.com. An overwhelming 75% of the people who responded wanted to know ... Read More