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Economy Apr 18

Expecting a tax refund? Here’s why it could be smaller than last year

By Cora Lewis, Associated Press

Economy Apr 16

US Individual Income Tax Return Forms 1040
Why Tax Day is April 18 this year, and how early spring became tax season

The tax deadline has been pushed back to April 18 this year, giving those leaving it to the last minute a few extra days. Usually, the day falls on April 15. But why is Tax Day in April anyway? Well,…

By Thomas Godwin, The Converastion

Nation Apr 17

FILE PHOTO: The Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington
Why Tax Day laggards should consider filing for an extension

Monday is Tax Day — the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments — and the IRS will receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper forms.

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

Economy Apr 30

The IRS is still working through last year’s backlog. Here’s what to know about your taxes this year

The PBS NewsHour spoke with Rhonda Collins, director of tax content and government relations at the National Association of Tax Professionals, about how stimulus checks, unemployment payments or home office expenses might change how you file taxes this year.

By Tori Partridge

Nation Jul 06

What to know about the July 15 tax deadline

As the coronavirus pandemic took hold this spring, the federal government postponed the traditional April 15 filing deadline until July 15.

By Associated Press

Apr 16

Tobacco companies pay billions to compensate for smoking-related illness. Is it enough?

By Charles Betley, The Conversation

April 15 is Tax Day, as well as the date each year on which the largest tobacco companies pay $9 billion dollars to states because of tobacco-related illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. But what is the real cost…

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Apr 15

WATCH: Trump holds Tax Day roundtable in Minnesota

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

Trump says incorrectly that he enacted the largest package of tax cuts in history. But the facts don't bear that out.

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Apr 18

Watch 10:11
Why transparency — on Trump’s taxes, visitors and family business — matters

By PBS News Hour

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Apr 17

Column: Why we need to rewrite our tax code from scratch

By T.R. Reid

As we’ve seen in other countries, the way to bring about fundamental change in a dysfunctional tax code is to start over.

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Apr 13

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Dreading doing your taxes? Other countries show us there’s another way

By PBS News Hour

Filing your taxes in other countries is not a work-intensive process that can take days or weeks; it can be as simple as clicking a confirmation sent online by the government. For his latest book, "A Fine Mess," J.R. Reid…

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