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Category: Taxes
Welcome to our Taxes category, where we provide valuable resources to help you navigate the often daunting world of taxes with ease and confidence. Whether you’re seeking screen reader accessible tax software or looking for tips to protect yourself from scams, you’ll find the tools and information you need right here. Our goal is to take the stress and confusion out of tax season, turning it into a manageable and straightforward part of your annual routine.
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Financial Sense¢: End of Year Money Moves
Don’t wait until tax season to start thinking about your taxes! By then, it may be too late to claim valuable deductions and credits. Join Chris Peterson, AFC®, Kane Brolin, CFP®, and Cody Bair, CPA®, as they share expert insights on strategic steps you can take before the end of the year to ensure you’re…
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IRS Tax Tip: Highlights from National Tax Security Awareness Week
The IRS and its Security Summit partners recently held the ninth annual National Tax Security Awareness Week, an annual event that emphasizes the importance of protecting sensitive financial information from identity theft and tax scams, especially as the holidays and the 2025 tax season approach. The Security Summit is a coalition of IRS, state tax agencies, tax…
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Don’t Get Fooled: How to Outsmart Financial Scams and Fraud
This post was written in partnership with the Safety Positive Foundation, a nonprofit organization promoting personal safety in the blind community. Imagine this: you receive an email that looks exactly like it’s from your bank. The logo, the language, even the sender’s address seem legitimate. It says your account is locked, and you need to…
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Tax benefits for businesses that accommodate people with disabilities
Source: IRS Tax Tips Businesses that make structural adaptations or other accommodations for employees or customers with disabilities may be eligible to save money on their taxes. Here are the tax incentives for employers who provide accommodations for people with disabilities. Disabled Access Credit The Disabled Access Credit is a non-refundable credit for small businesses…
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Accessible formats available for most IRS products through the IRS Alternative Media Center
Source: IRS Tax Tips The IRS Alternative Media Center provides content in a variety of formats to accommodate taxpayers with different communication needs. The AMC provides hundreds of tax forms and publications in alternative formats, including: • Text only.• Braille-ready files.• Browser-friendly HTML.• Accessible PDF.• Large print PDF. The Alternative Media Center makes IRS resources…
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Disaster Victim Resources on IRS.gov
Source: IRS Tax Tips IRS.gov has information disaster victims may need as they recover, including information about disaster-related tax relief and extensions to file and pay. IRS.gov resources These IRS.gov webpages have tax-related disaster relief information: IRS News from Around the Nation: News about disaster relief and tax provisions that affect certain states. Tax Relief in…
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IRS Direct File set to expand availability in a dozen new states and cover wider range of tax situations for the 2025 tax filing season
Source: IRS Newswire WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service announced today that Direct File will be available for the 2025 tax filing season in double the number of states than last year’s pilot, and it will cover a wider range of tax situations, greatly expanding the number of taxpayers eligible to use the free e-filing service. State and eligibility…
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Get last minute tax filing help fast at IRS.gov
Source: IRS Tax Tips Get last minute tax filing help fast at IRS.gov For people who haven’t filed their 2023 tax return yet, IRS.gov has resources to help them file electronically, get personalized tax account info and find the status of their refund. These online tools are available any time, so taxpayers can use them…
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Taxpayer Advocate Service: A taxpayer’s voice at the IRS
IRS Tax Tip 2024-77 The Taxpayer Advocate Service is an independent organization within the IRS. TAS protects taxpayers’ rights by striving to ensure that all taxpayers are treated fairly and know and understand their rights under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Here’s what all taxpayers should know about their rights and the role of the Taxpayer Advocate…