2025 tax season starts Jan. 27. Here’s how to file for free

2025 tax season starts Jan. 27. Here’s how to file for free

Pra-chid | Istock | Getty Images Expanded free filing options for 2025 For the 2025 season, Direct File, the IRS’ free tax filing program, will be open to eligible taxpayers in 25 states. That’s... Read more »
Why your paycheck is slightly bigger

Why your paycheck is slightly bigger

Simpleimages | Moment | Getty Images Why your take-home pay could be higher If you’re starting 2025 with wages similar to your 2024 wages, your take-home pay — or compensation after taxes... Read more »
Here’s how retirees can get the biggest tax break for charitable gifts

Here’s how retirees can get the biggest tax break for charitable gifts

Xavierarnau | E+ | Getty Images If you’re retired and planning a year-end donation to charity, there’s a key move to maximize your tax break, financial experts say.   Qualified charitable distributions,... Read more »
These key 401(k) changes are coming in 2025. What savers need to know

These key 401(k) changes are coming in 2025. What savers need to know

Images By Tang Ming Tung | Digitalvision | Getty Images As some Americans struggle to save for retirement, key 401(k) plan changes could soon make preparing easier for certain workers, experts say. ... Read more »
How to leverage the 0% capital gains bracket as bitcoin surges

How to leverage the 0% capital gains bracket as bitcoin surges

Hispanolistic | E+ | Getty Images Crypto investors could face higher taxes amid the surging price of bitcoin. But if you’re in the 0% capital gains bracket, you can reduce future taxes... Read more »
Is There a Smarter Way to Pay Your Taxes?

Is There a Smarter Way to Pay Your Taxes?

On this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, our hosts discuss whether setting up a limited liability company can help or hurt UK taxpayers. Source link Read more »
Elon Musk could become world’s first trillionaire

Elon Musk could become world’s first trillionaire

Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027, according to a recent report from Informa Connect Academy. Of the world’s billionaires, Musk is the closest to that... Read more »
Demand for Roth IRA conversions may increase under a Trump presidency

Demand for Roth IRA conversions may increase under a Trump presidency

dowell | Moment | Getty Images Before the election, some advisors increased Roth individual retirement account conversions for clients amid the threat of higher taxes after 2025. Now, tax hikes are less... Read more »
Here’s how a Trump presidency could affect your taxes

Here’s how a Trump presidency could affect your taxes

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally in Saginaw, Michigan, U.S., October 3, 2024. Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz... Read more »
Roth IRA income limits for 2025

Roth IRA income limits for 2025

D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Roth IRA income phaseouts for 2025 To contribute up to the limit in a Roth IRA, your modified adjusted gross income, or MAGI, must be below... Read more »
Year-end Roth IRA conversions are popular — but don’t wait too long

Year-end Roth IRA conversions are popular — but don’t wait too long

If you’re weighing a year-end Roth individual retirement account conversion, waiting too long could be risky, financial experts say.   Roth conversions move pretax or nondeductible IRA funds to a Roth IRA, which can... Read more »
Here’s how to find a tax preparer for the 2025 season

Here’s how to find a tax preparer for the 2025 season

Leopatrizi | E+ | Getty Images Most tax preparers don’t have credentials Despite the talent shortage, vetting is important because “pretty much anyone can call themselves a tax preparer,” Young said. The... Read more »
What to do if you can’t pay taxes on Oct. 15 tax extension deadline

What to do if you can’t pay taxes on Oct. 15 tax extension deadline

Urbazon | E+ | Getty Images The tax extension deadline has arrived and there are options if you still can’t pay your balance, tax experts say. About 19 million U.S. taxpayers filed... Read more »
Who Really Pays Taxes? (Spoiler: It’s Not Companies)

Who Really Pays Taxes? (Spoiler: It’s Not Companies)

Everything you ever wanted to know about tax incidence, and how it mostly falls on you, one way or another.  Source link Read more »
Trump’s tax cuts could expire after 2025. How advisors are preparing

Trump’s tax cuts could expire after 2025. How advisors are preparing

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump attends a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against him, in Butler, Pennsylvania, Oct. 5, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters More from... Read more »
Kamala Harris' tax plan for investors: Here's what you need to know

Kamala Harris' tax plan for investors: Here's what you need to know

CNBC’s Robert Frank reports on Kamala Harris’ campaigning tax plan. Source link Read more »
Take Action: Wyoming Special Ballot on Property Taxes

Take Action: Wyoming Special Ballot on Property Taxes

We need your input on a ballot measure the Wyoming Legislature is considering that would amend the state constitution and add a new sub-class for owner-occupied primary residences. The Wyoming Legislature will be... Read more »
Here's what the top 0.01% pays in taxes

Here's what the top 0.01% pays in taxes

CNBC’s Robert Frank reports on the ultra-wealthy’s tax bill. Source link Read more »