The Trump administration may have shuttered Direct File — the IRS’s short-lived experiment in tax-preparation software — but it doesn’t mean you have to pay to file your taxes. There are plenty of ...

Free File is not Direct File, which the IRS has discontinued for the 2026 tax season. This tax season, according to the IRS, eight private-sector partners are offering guided tax software products ...

It can be beneficial to have money in a Roth account during retirement. If you can't or didn't fund a Roth account directly, you can do a Roth conversion. Since a Roth conversion counts as income, you ...

The 2026 tax filing season will begin on Monday, January 26. The deadline to file your 2025 taxes is Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Several new tax breaks were introduced for 2025, including increased ...

Even though the tax agency's free pilot program is no longer available, there are other free tax filing options this season. Robin Hartill Robin Hartill is a Florida-based Certified Financial Planner ...

Who we are is not something that needs to be fixed. Yet for thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender young people across the U.S., conversion therapy continues to send the dangerous ...

IRS Direct File, a free online system for filing federal taxes, has been scrapped for 2026. Almost 300,000 people used IRS Direct File in 2025. So, are they out of luck, along with millions of others ...

There were 161 million individual income tax returns filed to the IRS in 2024, possibly including yours. While not every American is required to file a tax return, most will – and there may be good ...

Thrift Savings Plan participants and spousal beneficiaries can shift money from traditional, pre-tax TSP balances to Roth accounts without leaving the plan, starting in January 2026. Starting in late ...

Starting January 1, 2026, Federal employees and retirees will be able to convert money from their traditional Thrift Savings Plan accounts to a Roth TSP account. Federal employees can make their ...

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(NEXSTAR) – After several key changes in 2025, experts are advising taxpayers to start preparing for the coming year now to avoid any costly mistakes. “Taking action before the end of this year can be ...