Paying Taxes
The Complete Guide to the Standard Deduction
[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.irs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Federal_Standard_Deduction_Explained.mp4"][/video] Unlike itemizing deductions, which lets you pick and choose which expenses get deducted from your taxable income, the standard deduction is…
Top Options for E-Filing Your Tax Return
Roughly one in three Americans files their own taxes online, rather than using a professional tax preparer. If you're going to file electronically, there are…
Tax Tips for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Learn How the New Health Care Law Impacts Your Taxes Beginning in 2014, the Individual Shared Responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act takes…
How to Get a Tax Extension
[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.irs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tax_Extension_Guide_2023.mp4"][/video] Spring has arrived and April 15 will be here before we know it, but many of us won’t be ready to…
IRAs and Your Taxes
Tax Information for Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) Saving for your retirement through individual retirement accounts (IRAs) can have a significant impact on your taxes. IRAs…
IRS Tax Form W-4
Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate The Federal income tax is a “pay-as-you-go” tax. This means that you are expected to make tax payments throughout the…
The Foreign Tax Credit
There is a tax credit or deduction available for those who have paid taxes on foreign earned income if they also paid U.S. taxes in…
Married Filing Jointly
Tax Considerations for Newly Married Couples you’re getting married, taxes are probably the last thing you want to think about. However, it is still important…
