As we approach the end of tax season, most taxpayers have either filed their 2017 tax returns or are in the homestretch of getting all their tax information ready for the final push toward the April ...

I smell a refund! Maybe it’s yours. While most of the country was celebrating year-end holidays in December, a tax and spending package was signed into law offering a gift to those individuals who ...

If you've filed your tax return but have discovered an error, you may need to amend your return, the IRS says. The IRS usually corrects math errors or requests missing forms - such as W-2s or ...

You beat the post office crowds this year and filed your taxes ahead of time. Now you've come across a receipt, a forgotten bit of income, or a write-off you didn't know existed. File a 1040X the ...

The reasons for filing an amended return can range from correcting an honest mistake to correcting a dishonest one before the IRS corrects you and packs you away to a house of corrections. To correct ...

If you file your tax return and later find a mistake, what should you do? It depends, but you may need to file an amended return. If so, here are some important facts you should know. 1. Use Form ...

One key detail was left out of the answer about filing a 1040X form if you forgot to take the Telephone Tax Rebate: You need to make sure you're using the new Form 1040X, which was updated in February ...

If you made a mistake on your tax return and didn’t realize it until after the filing deadline, congratulations — you’re human. In the 2015 tax year alone, the Internal Revenue Service sent 1.6 ...

Taxpayers should be allowed to use Form 1040 to amend their returns and should be able to e-file amended returns, according to recommendations made by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax ...

How could you have missed that when you did your final filing review and hit "send" or dropped your return in the mail? What can you do about it now? As it turns out, plenty. The complexity of the tax ...

Deal with everything from simple errors to big changes with this key IRS form. As we approach the end of tax season, most taxpayers have either filed their 2017 tax returns or are in the homestretch ...