The National Society of Accountants is providing a free Web tutorial to help tax practitioners get ready for the Internal Revenue Service’s upcoming Registered Tax Return Preparer competency tests.

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Many top tax prep companies have a free tier for filers with a simple tax return, the most basic version you can file. A simple return is typically prepared using IRS Form 1040, with income from a ...

Taxes may be fact of life, but have you ever been up close and personal with a Form 1040? Here's a beginner's guide to understanding how federal income tax returns work. Many, or all, of the products ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

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The deadline for most people to file their 2025 federal tax returns is April 15, 2026. Some taxpayers have different due dates, however, and state filing deadlines are all over the place. Here are all ...

Still waiting to file? Here are your deadlines to complete and mail in or electronically transmit your 2024 federal tax return. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily ...

When you've omitted something or made a mistake on your federal income tax return, you need to correct things by filing a Form 1040-X: an amended return. But once you do, how will you know if the IRS ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...