Tax News Blogs

If you’re getting ready to file taxes for this year, one of the most helpful things you can do is have a copy of your past tax records on hand while you’re filing. Not only can it save you time doing your taxes this year, but it can also save you money throughout the year. Past tax […]

“If you can fool the IRS, I might as well let you fool me.” -Anonymous Whenever you borrow lots of money, enter a new lease, or possibly need a general credit check, someone is likely to ask you for your tax return for previous years. Why? Because tax returns for past years offer a wealth […]

If you’re worried about getting hit with high interest rates and penalties, or you’re missing the chance to collect a big refund, now could be a great time to file past years tax. You can take a few quick steps to make the process easy, and there are even some tips and tricks to minimize […]

Most of us have missed a deadline once (ok, maybe twice) in our life. Maybe we turned a paper or school project in late. Maybe we missed a great deal on plane tickets by this much, maybe we just plum forgot something. For example, to pay our taxes. Maybe that deadline we forgot was (*gulp*) filing […]

Some military income is excluded from taxes, but the rest you must include in gross income You don’t get to exclude all of your income from tax just for being active duty in the military. However, the IRS does allow you to exclude certain types of military income from gross income, which means you don’t […]

Filing past year tax returns aren’t fun — and it isn’t supposed to be! The IRS has designed the process so that the average taxpayer will strongly prefer filing on the due date. While that’s fine as a way to encourage people to file early, it’s not such a great way to get people to […]

It’s the start of a new year, which means it’s a good time to start thinking about filing your taxes. But what if you still have past taxes to file? Is it a good idea to file last year’s taxes if you still owe taxes from a few years ago? Of course it is! Back taxes can […]

Those of us who have missed tax deadlines have a lot to do. Sometimes, we don’t even know that we have missed them. Too often people don’t realize they owe back taxes until the IRS comes calling and sends them threatening letters. So what can you do to avoid that? How do you know when […]

Now that the past year is winding down, and with next year’s tax season just ahead, there’s no better time to think about catching up on your past year tax filings. There is no good time to have tax troubles, but this year and next year could be particularly bad times. In the past, many […]

Most people who file past taxes get a refund, and even if you don’t, you can minimize your debt by filing A lot of people who owe back taxes see themselves as caught in a terrible catch-22: they think they owe lots of money, but they have no money to pay back their debt. For […]