Taxes can be tough – to file and to pay.
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Some people refuse to file tax returns or pay all of their income tax due to moral or ethical concerns. The IRS warns that they, like more selfish tax scofflaws, may face penalties.
The IRS has relied on technology for decades, as this 1965 photo taken in its Philadelphia office shows.
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The agency hopes to make paying taxes less onerous for the majority of Americans who follow the rules.
The average U.S. taxpayer spends 13 hours filing their return.
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The co-hosts of the ‘Taxes for the Masses’ podcast explain the upside and downside of all those credits and deductions.
For many taxpayers, it doesn’t end on Tax Day.
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Many of the tens of millions of taxpayers fined every year don’t seem to realize the IRS offers a few ways to reduce the penalties they owe.
Should taxpayer dollars fund private education?
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As school choice advocates attempt to garner more widespread support for vouchers, a new kind of voucher system is growing: one that uses tax credits to subsidize private education.
So many forms, so little time.
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The burden of filing our taxes appears to be growing, especially for those who tend to wait until the last minute to fill in their 1040s.
No one likes taxes.
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As tax day approaches, here’s a primer on how your dollars help fund the U.S. government, and how your share has probably increased.
The IRS is friendlier than you think.
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Million of taxpayers receive notices from the IRS about unpaid tax debts. Believe it or not, the agency understands.
Tick tock, tick tock.
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The vast majority of us will get a refund from the federal government, while the odds of an audit or worse are akin to getting struck by lightning.
A 1909 cartoon suggested taxes on divorces, dogs, rubber plants and more during debate over the 16th Amendment
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As you wrestle with figuring out what you owe Uncle Sam, consider why the United States opted for an income tax back in 1913.