tax filing

Can People Get A Larger COVID-19 Rebate By Waiting To File Their 2019 Tax Return?

One big unanswered question about the COVID-19 recovery rebates included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stimulus (CARES) Act: What year’s income will the...

April 10, 2020Janet Holtzblatt

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Six Reasons Why Trump’s Plan To Delay Tax Filing Won’t Help The Coronavirus Economy

President Trump says he wants to allow “certain” people and businesses to delay tax filing in an apparent effort to stabilize the economy in the...

March 12, 2020Howard Gleckman

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How Can We Increase EITC Participation?

The IRS and Census Bureau estimate that only about 78 percent of people who are eligible for the earned income tax credit (EITC) get it...

February 18, 2020Elaine Maag

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A Valentine’s Day Gift: An Updated Marriage Bonus And Penalty Tax Calculator

Does Valentine’s Day make you think about marriage? If you need one more reason to take that step, consider that Uncle Sam may already have...

February 14, 2020Frank Sammartino

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Minnesota’s Struggles To Conform to the TCJA Made Its CPAs Happy. Taxpayers, Not So Much.

It’s an unusually glamorous time to be an accountant in Minnesota. Over the past year, certified public accountants (CPAs) and other professional tax preparers have...

August 26, 2019Erin Huffer Maxwell Grozovsky

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Janet And Her Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Filing Season (With Apologies To Judith Viorst)

I believe that every person in the tax policy game—from members of the tax-writing committees to research assistants at the Tax Policy Center—should compute their...

May 2, 2019Janet Holtzblatt

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A Last Look At The 2019 Filing Season

You’ve printed out your returns. You are awaiting your refund…or the IRS cashed your balance due check. Now you finally can put that shoebox full...

April 25, 2019Howard Gleckman

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Thirty Years Later: I’m Paying A Lower Tax Rate On More Income

As I finished my federal income tax return for 2018, I could not help but think about a return I filed 30 years ago. What...

April 23, 2019Mark J. Mazur

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How The Partial Government Shutdown Will Affect You This Tax Filing Season

Tax filing season is due to begin in 10 days. Will the IRS will be able to process returns as usual?

January 18, 2019Howard Gleckman Robert A. Weinberger

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The New 1040 Will Fit On A (Big) Postcard, But It Won’t Make Tax Filing Any Simpler

When tax filing season begins in a few weeks, you’ll likely hear senior Trump Administration officials and some congressional Republicans boasting yet again about how...

January 15, 2019Howard Gleckman