Each week, in our Ask the Editor series, Joy Taylor, The Kiplinger Tax Letter editor, answers questions on topics submitted by readers. This week she’s looking at four questions on preparing and filing your 2025 Form 1040. (Get a free issue of The Kiplinger Tax Letter or subscribe.) 1. Any tips for getting my refund […]
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If you were counting on filing your 2025 taxes directly with the IRS for free, you’ll have to change your plans. That’s because IRS Direct File, a program launched two tax seasons ago, was ended by the U.S. Treasury Department late last year despite the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and a majority of taxpayers
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Each week, in our Ask the Editor series, Joy Taylor, The Kiplinger Tax Letter editor, answers questions on topics submitted by readers. This week she’s looking at four questions on the IRS tax filing season and your 2025 tax return. (Get a free issue of The Kiplinger Tax Letter or subscribe.) 1. When can I
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Rank-and-file US Securities and Exchange Commission workers have returned to face the paperwork that piled up during the longest government shutdown in US history, and supervisors say the order of the day is “triage.” Deal first with the tasks still lingering on pre-shutdown to-do lists, according to an email sent to staffers reviewed by Bloomberg
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Question: I waited to claim Social Security and never got around to filing by my 70th birthday. Did I goof? Answer: Given that many private-sector employers have phased out pensions and that the median retirement savings balance among Americans 65 to 74 was only $200,000 as of 2022, Social Security is clearly an extremely important