How To Prepare For Next Tax Season Now

ByKelly Phillips Erb June 20, 2010May 19, 2020

I was recently interviewed for an Inc. magazine article about mid-year tax planning. You can check it out here:

Kelly Phillips Erb

Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains tax news, IRS updates, scams, financial crime, and money in plain English.

Tax Professionals

Wrapping Up A Long Tax Season: What We’ve Learned
ByKelly Phillips Erb May 19, 2021August 2, 2021

Tax Day was May 17, 2021, for most individual taxpayers – and what a day it was! It marked the end of a difficult season for taxpayers and tax professionals alike. For more on what we’ve learned, read Five Lessons From What Felt Like The Longest Tax Season Ever (on Bloomberg Tax, outside of the…

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IRS News

Despite Rumors, IRS Has Not Announced 2018 Filing Season Start Date
ByKelly Phillips Erb November 4, 2017July 29, 2022

Think you know when tax season will open and tax refunds will be released? Not so fast, says IRS. A number of sites are posting dates and charts but IRS says they are not yet set for 2018.

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Tax Stats

IRS: Tax Filings Down But Average Refund Dollars Are Up
ByKelly Phillips Erb March 1, 2019October 29, 2019

Might we finally be turning a corner? Tax season appeared to be off to a slow start when it opened in January, with initial statistics showing fewer returns filed and smaller refunds issued. Numbers from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have remained low since the open, but this past week they’ve finally ticked up where it matters to…

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Interviews and People | Politics

Tax Talk 2007: Mike Huckabee
ByKelly Phillips Erb May 23, 2007

Our next presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Mike Huckabee, a Republican and former Governor of Arkansas. I posed the following six tax-related questions to the Governor: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? 2. If you could only make one “quick fix” in terms of…

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Ask the Taxgirl | IRS News

Ask The Taxgirl: IRS Delayed Tax Filing Season Applies To Everybody
ByKelly Phillips Erb January 15, 2013July 5, 2020

Taxpayer asks: I read your article that said you can’t file your taxes until 1/30 but my tax guy says that’s only for people who itemize. He says I can file this week and get my refund faster. Now I’m confused. taxgirl says: ARGH. *clears throat* Sorry, I just had to get that out of…

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Ask the Taxgirl | Individual

Ask The Taxgirl: Canceling Automatic/EFTPS Payments Because Of The New Tax Deadline
ByKelly Phillips Erb March 20, 2020March 20, 2020

Taxpayer asks: What if I already filed my 1040 and scheduled an EFTPS automatic payment on April 15? Is there a way to cancel that automatic payment and take advantage of the deferral to July 15? Taxgirl says: To be honest, I didn’t know the answer to this one, so I had to do a…

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