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FILE PHOTO: The Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington

Nation Apr 17

Why Tax Day laggards should consider filing for an extension

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

Health Apr 16

(AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Tobacco companies pay billions to compensate for smoking-related illness. Is it enough?

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…

By Charles Betley, The Conversation

Politics Apr 15

President Donald Trump listens as he meets with Fabiana Rosales, wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, in the Oval Office at the White House on March 27, 2019. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters
WATCH: Trump holds Tax Day roundtable in Minnesota

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

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

Apr 18

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

By PBS NewsHour

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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 NewsHour

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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Apr 13

What other countries can teach America about taxes

By Paul Solman

Journalist T.R. Reid's latest project was to find the world’s best income tax systems and report them back to the home of tax revolution: the U.S.

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Apr 13

Good news, procrastinators: Tax deadline pushed to Tuesday

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press

The tax agency said Thursday that nearly 40 million taxpayers have yet to file their returns.

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