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 ...

In its list of "dirty dozen" 2025 tax scams, the IRS is telling taxpayers to beware of email phishing, text smishing and ...

Form 5329 reports a taxpayer's use of a tax-advantaged savings plan that is subject to an IRS penalty. The form is filled out and submitted by the taxpayer with an annual Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR.

The Internal Revenue Service this week announced its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025 with a warning for ...

Here are several schemes and scams to watch out for this year, as well as mistakes and tricks to steer clear of as a taxpayer ...

An IRS Form 1095 will give you proof of health insurance for your taxes. No, you no longer need to prove you have health insurance on your federal tax returns. This change happened in 2019 when ...

The IRS is currently sitting on about $92.3 million, ready to be dispersed among 116,300 state taxpayers who have yet to file their returns for that tax year, the agency said in a news release ...