Tax Day 2024 updates: deadline, extension, free file, deals, refunds – USA TODAY

Tax day has arrived. Today is the last day for most taxpayers to file their 2023 returns. Think you can’t submit? Today is also the last day to apply for an extension. An extension application extends the application period by six months and significantly reduces penalties and interest that may be incurred if the application […]
SCOTT HODGE: It’s Time To Switch From A Neiman Marcus Tax Code To A Walmart One

Tax Day, April 15th, is the perfect day to think about what we value. For example, what do you value more than money? Family? faith? Country? What about time? After all, even the healthiest Americans have a limited time on earth. If our time is so valuable, then why not do something about the federal […]
Democrats should love Tax Day

April 15 is one of the worst days of the year. It is the day that state and federal income taxes are due in most states. While some get tax returns for overpaying taxes the previous year, others must pay the government thousands to avoid prison time. In turn, the government wastes that money on garbage and […]
Your tax refund could be delayed — possibly for years: What to do

Americans who are eligible for tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service may wait years for their payments to show up in their bank accounts, sometimes without even receiving an explanation as to why. Identity theft, discrepancies, or IRS computer glitches could be reasons why some filers don’t receive their promised refunds within a reasonable […]
Tax Day: Everything to know about taxes ahead of Monday’s deadline

Tax Day is rapidly approaching on Monday, and it could have costly consequences if filers fail to file the necessary documents in time. Most taxpayers must turn in their paperwork by 11:59 p.m. on April 15, but people in Maine and Massachusetts have until April 17 because of observed holidays. People in disaster zones will […]
Amex sends out 1099s the week before tax day, AA downgrades Alaska elites and Bilt mistakenly sends shutdown e-mails (Saturday Selection) – Frequent Miler

AmEx has a wicked Tax Day surprise for taxpayers, Bild has a late April Fool’s joke, and…it’s time to say goodbye to one of our favorite travel rewards cards, right? This Saturday Selection is a weekly roundup of interesting information from around the interwebs (Links to each article are embedded in the title). Bilt mistakenly […]
Todd Chrisley ordered to pay tax investigator $755,000 for defamation after losing lawsuit while in prison

Todd Chrisley’s legal and financial woes are compounded because he was convicted of federal bank fraud and tax evasion and is serving a 10-year sentence in federal prison. On April 4, a Georgia court awarded Chrisley, 55, $755,000 after Amy Dougherty-Heinze lost a defamation lawsuit brought by an IRS agent in July 2021. ordered to […]
What Will Happen to the Trump Tax Cuts?

Trump tax cuts heading towards fiscal cliff The outcome of this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections is uncertain. Tax policy issuesbut it will very likely determine how long the tax cuts enacted under President Donald Trump last. many provisions of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is scheduled to expire at the end […]
Grover Norquist presses for bipartisan tax deal despite Senate GOP pushback

Anti-tax advocate and Tax Reform American president Grover Norquist said Thursday that he would rather expand the child tax credit and restore some business tax breaks than pass the whole thing amid Senate Republican opposition. He said he would prefer Congress to pass a partisan agreement. Norquist was pressed about his resistance to the ongoing […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Chuck Schumer Really Loves Spending Your Tax Dollars

Back on May 30, 2023, after then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy cut a deal with President Joe Biden to suspend any limit on the federal debt through all of 2024, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the deal as an act of “responsible” government. “Again, nobody got everything they wanted,” said Schumer, “but this bill is the […]