tax returns

An IRS watchdog says customer service issues are worsening at the tax-return-processing agency. A new report from the National Taxpayer Advocate says taxpayers are experiencing longer wait times on the phone, there’s an even bigger backlog of paper returns than there was a year ago, and delays in processing paper returns have been running six months to one year. The...

If you need more time to complete your 2021 returns, here’s what you need to know about requesting a tax extension, deadlines to file and how to check your refund status.

Tax season is here and many people could see a delay in seeing their tax refund this year. Luckily, the IRS has an online tool called “Where’s My Refund” that helps taxpayers track the status of their tax return. Betsy Badell and Rob Michaelson explain what it does and what changes you can expect this year. Rob: Betsy, getting...

There could be delays in getting your tax refund this year, but the IRS has a tool to track the status of your return.

There are less than four weeks remaining for most Americans to file their taxes, and some people could be feeling overwhelmed right now with the federal deadline looming. Filing an accurate, online return with direct deposit may avoid processing delays, stalled refunds and future IRS notices, so it’s crucial to have all the required forms for a complete and...

Millions of Americans who have never filed a tax return will need to do so this year in order to claim what’s coming to them under the enhanced child tax credit

Child tax credits, stimulus checks and everything else you need to think about before you send your forms to the IRS.

U.S. taxpayers, brace yourselves because tax filing season starts Monday and you can expect the task to be more cumbersome than usual this year.

Legal counsel for the Justice Department released a memo on Friday instructing the Treasury Department to provide the House Ways and Means Committee with former President Donald Trump’s tax returns.

The Justice Department says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records

It’s a busy week for President Donald Trump after the New York Times published details on his tax returns spanning more than a decade as his Supreme Court nominee prepares to make her first trip to Capitol Hill. Both stories are developing concurrently as he prepares to face Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Tuesday’s debate.

President Donald Trump’s efforts to stall the release of his personal and corporate taxes to a New York state grand jury is jeopardizing the criminal probe of other individuals and entities and could “kill this case,” an attorney told a judge Thursday in urging fast action.

A week after losing a Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump’s lawyers said Wednesday they’re considering challenging a subpoena for his tax records by criminal prosecutors on grounds that it’s a fishing expedition or a form of harassment or retaliation against him.

President Donald Trump may have suffered a big legal defeat at the Supreme Court Thursday, but he’ll only feel the effects of its two rulings on his tax returns in the long term, analysts said. In the short term, though, he’s avoided feeling any impact of the decisions before the election in November, the experts said. “It’s a political...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the president’s tax records can be subpoenaed on the state and local levels, but the court rejected the House’s effort to get records. Still, Trump’s taxes likely won’t be public before the general election.

President Trump’s battle to keep his tax returns and financial records secret played out in the highest court in the land Tuesday. Supreme Court justices heard from attorneys representing the president as well as congressional attorneys in the battle over the president’s tax returns.

Millions of Americans may have had their coronavirus stimulus payments held up by glitches if they were customers of tax preparation services, according to a new report. Here’s why those payments could have been delayed, and what one major tax preparation service is saying about the issue.

President Donald Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force gave updates on the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, urging people to heed the CDC guidelines for at least 15 days and act with an abundance of caution. Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin later announced an IRS tax deferral for those who owe taxes.

The Supreme Court says it will hear President Donald Trump’s pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private. The justices’ decision Friday to hear cases involving demands for records from Trump’s banks and accounting firm means the court is likely to issue final rulings in June, amid Trump’s campaign for re-election.

The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily shielded the bank records of President Donald Trump and three of his children from House Democrats. In an order signed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the House cannot enforce subpoenas issued to Deutsche Bank and Capital One at least until Dec. 13. The justices are scheduled to discuss at least one and maybe two…