You will be asked about and likely will recommend Roth IRAs in your financial advising practice. To best help your clients, here are the questions you should be prepared to answer about Roth IRAs.

2026 federal tax season starts as IRS accepts 2025 returns with Form 1040.

For example, Form 1099-NEC, used to report payments to independent contractors, must be furnished by February 2, 2026. As ...

Each week, in our Ask the Editor series, Joy Taylor, The Kiplinger Tax Letter editor, answers questions on topics submitted by readers. This week she's looking at four questions on preparing and ...

Form 1099-C reports canceled debt to the IRS when a creditor has forgiven or erased a balance owed so a taxpayer no longer has to pay it. What Is Form 1099-C: Cancellation of Debt? Lenders must submit ...

Filing taxes on your own can save you time and money compared to the back-and-forth of working with an accountant. However, you may still need to pay a fee to file both your federal and state tax ...

IRS Direct File, which was offered in 25 states last year, has been discontinued. But one very-much underused, free program ...

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service opened IRS Free File on Jan. 9, allowing eligible people to prepare and submit their federal tax returns early. The main IRS filing season begins on Jan. 26 ...

Find out if your new car or truck was built in the United States. See the window sticker or use a VIN Decoder tool at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. Beginning on 2025 tax ...

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from multiple sources in the Census Bureau Data Linkage Infrastructure; authors’ analysis of events during 2017–21 among 23,000–930,000 people (ages 18–22) born during ...