Income Taxes

October 23, 2020 

The IRS has already sent nearly 9 million letters to people who may be eligible for the $1,200 Economic Impact Payments but don’t normally file a tax return. The letters, along with the special Nov. 10 event, both urge people to use the...

October 6, 2020 

People who haven’t received a Coronavirus stimulus payment, and don’t typically file a tax return, can use an online tool to request their payment, up until Nov. 21.

September 29, 2020 

According to documents released by Biden’s campaign Tuesday, the former vice president and his wife, Jill, got a refund of $46,858 after paying $346,204 in income taxes. He reported a taxable income of $944,737, paying 31.7% of it in taxes

September 23, 2020 

Small Business Week, Sept. 22-24 is a good time for individuals to consider taking the home office deduction if they qualify. The benefit may allow taxpayers working from home to deduct certain expenses on their tax return.

September 15, 2020 

Bloomberg Tax & Accounting has projected 2021 income ranges for each tax rate bracket. Income ranges for the tax brackets for married taxpayers filing jointly and for single taxpayers are shown below. Rate brackets for other filing statuses are ...

September 11, 2020 

Employers have a growing list of concerns lately, including losing their top performers, new research from global staffing firm Robert Half shows. A large majority of senior managers surveyed (88%) said they are worried about their ...

September 8, 2020 

The letters are being sent to people who haven’t filed a return for either 2018 or 2019. Based on an internal analysis, these are people who don’t typically have a tax return filing requirement because they appear to have very low incomes, based on ...

August 5, 2020 

This year, the Food Fight’s fundraising goal is to raise 200,000 dollars statewide during the two-week competition. If that goal is reached, it will mark one million dollars raised in total since the inception of the Food Fight and the equivalent of...

July 30, 2020 

Gross domestic product shrank 9.5% in the second quarter from the first, a drop that equals an annualized pace of 32.9%, the Commerce Department’s initial estimate showed on Thursday. That’s the steepest annualized decline in quarterly records dating ...

July 29, 2020 

As we head into August, when Congress is scheduled for a recess, lawmakers are poised to present another COVID-19 relief package to the president for his signature. But the Democratic-controlled House and the Senate Republicans still have to hash out ...

July 23, 2020 

Instead of a payroll tax cut, the GOP will now back $1,200 checks for individuals who make up to $75,000 a year, exactly as in the March stimulus bill. Mnuchin said that would get money into the economy faster than cutting the payroll tax, which would ...

July 14, 2020 

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, taxpayers have until the postponed due date of July 15, 2020, to file their taxes this year. But if they can't make this deadline, they can receive an extension that gives taxpayers until Oct. 15 to file, but taxes owed ..