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Form 1040

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Where Is My Income Tax Refund?

Hope you had a Happy Tax Day. I’m still waiting for my refund. I filed my 2019 individual income tax return electronically on May 1...
July 16, 2020Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Forms and Follies: IRS Midcourse Corrections of Tax Forms

The great architect Louis Sullivan once wrote , “form follows function.” I can’t help but wonder if, in the less stable world of tax, new...
September 3, 2019Robert A. Weinberger
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The New W-4 Tax Withholding Form Is Coming Soon. But Why Is The IRS Even Bothering?

One day soon, the IRS will release its near-final version of the 2020 Form W-4 that workers are supposed to use to calculate their federal...
July 11, 2019Howard Gleckman
: TaxVox

House Democrats May Soon Ask For Trump’s Tax Returns But What Should They Request?

House Ways & Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) reportedly is about to make a formal request for 10 years of President Trump’s tax returns...
March 7, 2019Steven M. Rosenthal