Tax Day is just around the corner and millions of taxpayers have yet to file their tax return. If you’re one of those taxpayers who still needs to file—and you’re not ready—there’s an easy answer: ...

You can start filing your 2025 tax returns Monday, Jan. 26. Tax refunds are expected to be huge this year. Important changes to know before you file your taxes. Tax season officially begins today, ...

Tax season opened this year on January 26, 2026, and the IRS expects to process more than 164 million individual tax returns for the 2025 tax year. But not everyone is rushing to file, and not ...

If you're still scrambling to get your taxes filed before the April 15 deadline, an extension can take the pressure off. Normally, the IRS recommends that people file their income tax return as early ...

Tax season is officially underway, and the Internal Revenue Service has begun accepting individual federal tax returns for 2026 through its free guided software program, IRS Free File. The IRS opened ...

A venerable IRS program called Free File allows 70% of taxpayers to file their taxes for free, just as the name implies. Only 2% of taxpayers used the service in 2024. That is the finding of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration shut down the "Direct File" program through the IRS, leaving many Americans with one fewer free tax ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. January brings the new year, which means the month is filled with resolutions, settling into routine, and – whether you’re excited ...

Only 2% of federal income tax returns were filed through Free File, despite 70% of filers qualifying. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American Citizens Dear Rusty: The Trump Administration is saying that now ...

The Trump administration has shut down the IRS "Direct File" program, which was a free tax filing option. Critics of Direct File cited high development costs and low user participation for its closure ...