Tax Breaks for SoCal Wildfire Victims: What You Need to Know

Tax Breaks for Wildfire Victims: What You Need to Know

In less than a week, Southern California has witnessed the outbreak of four major wildfires, collectively engulfing over 62 square miles of land, which is approximately three times the size of Manhattan. These wildfires have primarily concentrated around the Eaton […]

The Most Common Reasons Tax Returns Get Audited

Tax Returns Get Audited

“Only about 1% of taxpayers are audited. What triggers an audit is generally something on the tax return that’s out of the ordinary,” he says. “For example, if you have a side business and file a Schedule C, the IRS […]

10 Most Tax-Friendly States in the U.S.

10 Most Tax-Friendly States in the U.S. Given a choice of several job opportunities across the country, or several contiguous states in which to live for a job in the area, don’t overlook the impact of state and local taxes on […]

Do You Really Have To File Tax Return in 2015?

Tax season opens in a few days. The Internal Revenue Service expects to process nearly 150 million individual tax returns by the time tax season wraps. Will you be filing one of those returns? And more important, do you need to? […]

IRS Opens Tax Filing Sooner in 2015

The IRS will open the 2015 tax filing season on Jan. 20, or 11 days sooner than it began accepting returns one year ago. The start date applies to both paper and electronic returns and was set after Congress renewed several […]

IRS Releases Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2014

The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud. The […]