The tax extension deadline is Oct. 15. What to do if you can’t pay

The tax extension deadline is Oct. 15. What to do if you can’t pay

Woman at home looking at the bills and taxes.  Hirurg | E+ | Getty Images The tax extension deadline is Oct. 15, but you have options if you still can’t pay your balance, experts say. This year, the federal tax deadline was April 15. Those struggling to meet that due date could submit Form 4868 … Read more

Here’s how to know if you’ve withheld enough taxes for 2024

Here’s how to know if you’ve withheld enough taxes for 2024

Yellow Dog Productions | The Image Bank | Getty Images One way to estimate tax withholding You can start by finding your total federal taxes paid for 2023, which is listed on line 24 of your tax return. If your gross income and tax situation has not changed from last year, you are likely to … Read more

How Project 2025 could impact your taxes under a second Trump term

How Project 2025 could impact your taxes under a second Trump term

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump applauds on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 16, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters As former President Donald Trump secures the Republican presidential nomination, both political parties are eyeing Project 2025, a multi-pronged policy plan … Read more

IRS says it’s collected $1 billion in past-due taxes from millionaires

IRS says it’s collected  billion in past-due taxes from millionaires

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 7, 2024. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS on Thursday announced what they called a “major milestone” of collecting more than $1 billion in tax … Read more

Outlay for export tax remission plans unlikely to change in Budget

Outlay for export tax remission plans unlikely to change in Budget

New Delhi: The government is unlikely to raise the allocation for its key tax remission schemes for exporters in the full budget for 2024-25 amid demand for increased support from the exporting community, senior officials said. In the interim budget presented in February, the government earmarked ₹16,575 crore for the Remission of Duties and Taxes … Read more

Second-quarter estimated tax deadline for 2024 is June 17

Second-quarter estimated tax deadline for 2024 is June 17

D3sign | Moment | Getty Images The second-quarter estimated tax deadline for 2024 is June 17, and you could owe a penalty if you don’t send a payment, according to the IRS. You typically owe estimated tax payments for income without withholdings, such as from contract jobs, freelancing or gig economy work, or if you … Read more

What the next president means for your taxes

What the next president means for your taxes

Joe Biden and Donald Trump 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Alex Wong | Getty Images Trillions in expiring tax breaks are at stake this election season — and those sunsets could raise taxes for most Americans after 2025 without extensions from Congress. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, or TCJA, temporarily reduced taxes for most … Read more

May 17 is the deadline to claim your 2020 tax refund

May 17 is the deadline to claim your 2020 tax refund

May 17 is your last chance to file 2020 returns and claim your refund, which could include missed pandemic relief, experts say. As of May 6, there was still an estimated $1 billion in unclaimed refunds from tax year 2020, and the median payment was $932, according to the IRS. There is no late filing … Read more

Time to claim $1 billion in tax refunds from 2020 expires May 17

Time to claim  billion in tax refunds from 2020 expires May 17

Andresr | E+ | Getty Images There is $1 billion in unclaimed 2020 tax refunds up for grabs — but the last chance to file returns and collect the money is approaching. Nearly 940,000 taxpayers have until May 17 to file 2020 returns and claim their refund, the IRS said in a “final reminder” this … Read more

What taxpayers can learn from the Biden, Harris 2023 tax returns

What taxpayers can learn from the Biden, Harris 2023 tax returns

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver remarks about healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 26, 2024. Peter Zay | Anadolu | Getty Images President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris released their annual tax returns Monday, and there are lessons within for average Americans, according to tax experts. The president … Read more