Tax season opens in eight days. The Internal Revenue Service expects to process nearly 150 million individual tax returns by the time tax season wraps. Will you be filing one of those returns? And more important, do you need to? For the 2015 tax season, you’ll report the income that you received in 2014. That…
Tax season officially opens this week. While some taxpayers are anxious to get started, others wonder whether they have to file at all. Here’s what you need to know…
On Friday, I tackled some last-minute tax questions from readers and viewers via Google+ hangout. You can watch the entire hangout here (be forewarned, it’s about an hour-long). In addition to last-minute tax tips – and filing errors to avoid – I promised some follow-up information in the piece, so here you go… Rules for…
Tax season can be intimidating for seasoned pros, not to mention the fear it strikes into the hearts of newbies. This series is intended to give you the basics. We’ll start with the very basic of basics: do I have to file?
Taxpayer asks: Hi taxgirl, do I have to file taxes if I’ve made less than $2,800.00? I’m a student and I claimed 1 dependent for myself on my taxes so money was withheld last year. If I don’t have to file it’s ok by me, I just don’t want to get into any trouble. Thanks….