The Treasury is apparently ahead of schedule for sending out the economic stimulus rebates. These additional tax refunds were scheduled to start going out on May 2nd, but are now ... Read More

The deduction for mortgage interest is one of the most popular and well-known tax breaks available. A little less known is that the deduction has some limits, which generated a ... Read More

Hopefully you've filed a return or asked for an extension of time to file. The next steps are to make sure you stay on top of your tax situation for ... Read More

Six minutes: that's how long it took me to electronically file an extension and send payment to the IRS. And that included having to retype information because I wasn't reading ... Read More

There's some free tax software options if you need to prepare your returns. Shelley Elmblad, About.com's expert on financial software, reviews the free file version of TaxCut, and I took ... Read More

Here are five things you need to do now, if you haven't already done so: File an extension, and the IRS will grant you another 6 months to file a return. Use ... Read More

The federal government spends about $3.1 Trillion dollars a year. Just where does that money go? Jess Bachman answers that question every year with his amazingly detailed poster entitled Death and ... Read More

I spoke to a friend tonight who wanted me to look over his tax return to see if there were any deductions he was missing out on. We went through ... Read More

The last day to ask the IRS for a refund from the year 2004 is April 15, 2008. So if you need to file your '04 taxes, or forgot a ... Read More

I've been at the office filing extensions for all my clients. What's an extension? It's asking the IRS for an extra six months to file your tax return. And the ... Read More

Having a balance due on your tax return is never welcome news, so here's some options for paying off your balance to the IRS. The first thing I would do, personally, ... Read More