taxes

Rhode Island mistakenly sent more than 175 tax refund checks signed by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse

Millions of people around the country are working from home. Many have converted dining, family, and spare rooms into work spaces, but can you get a tax break for having a home office?

A European Union high court has ruled that technology giant Apple does not have to pay 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, as the EU’s executive commission wants

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a New York grand jury can subpoena President Trump’s tax returns, but separately said lower courts needed to reconsider whether Congress could subpoena his financial records. The 7-2 ruling in the New York grand jury case, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, says “Article II and the Supremacy Clause do not categorically preclude,...

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Manhattan district attorney’s demand for President Donald Trump’s tax returns, voting 7-2 that a New York grand jury can subpoena the president’s financial documents. In a separate ruling, the justices kept a hold on Trump’s financial records that Congress has been seeking, sending the case to lower courts.

Uncle Sam has heard your requests for more time to file your taxes – and they have been denied. The Treasury Department and the IRS will stick with the July 15 deadline for 2019 income tax returns and taxes owed for that year, the agencies said. The announcement came less than a week after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that…

The interest is a sweetener for individuals who have been waiting months for a tax refund — because they either filed paper returns or require additional verification with the taxman — and have been stymied by the agency’s gradual return to operations amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to reject President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from criminal investigation while in office. But the court seemed less clear about exactly how to handle subpoenas from Congress and the Manhattan district attorney for Trump’s tax, bank and financial records.

If you got a refund from college for room and board or other expenses, consider yourself lucky. But beware of the potential tax bite. As colleges and universities across the U.S. remain closed in an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19, refunds for meals or housing have varied from school to school. Still, when it comes to what you should do...

You’ll now have an extra 90 days, until July 15, to file and pay your federal income taxes. You are still allowed to file for an extension until October 15, just as you can during any other year. To do that, you have to file the extension form by April 15. The changes have rolled out over the course of the...

The income tax filing date has been pushed back from April 15, to July 15, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. Mnuchin announced the decision in a tweet Friday saying that at President Donald Trump’s direction “we are moving Tax Day from April 15 to July 15. All taxpayers and businesses will have this additional time to file and make payments…

The Trump administration has announced that most individuals and businesses will be allowed to delay paying their federal tax bills for 90 days as part of an emergency relief plan amid the coronavirus pandemic

David Shulman, senior economist with the UCLA Andersen Forecast, explains how tax deferments are just the start of measures the federal government will need to keep the U.S. economy from slipping into a much worse situation.

President Donald Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force gave updates on the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, urging people to heed the CDC guidelines for at least 15 days and act with an abundance of caution. Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin later announced an IRS tax deferral for those who owe taxes.

A map was published to help Los Angeles residents find tax help ahead of the April 15 deadline. Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin released the online map Wednesday, listing 22 tax-prep assistance locations of local organizations and resource centers. The map is available below. It’s intended for individuals and households with less than $55,000 in annual earnings and qualify for…

Millions of households that hustled to get their tax returns to the IRS early could be waiting until March for their refunds. If you’re claiming the additional child tax credit or the earned income tax credit, the IRS cannot issue your refund before mid-February.

The majority of individual taxpayers in the U.S. are eligible to file their taxes for free, yet many may be unaware or confused by how to do so.

Having a new baby can not only change your sleep patterns, it can also change how you file your taxes.