Once you’ve clicked “file” or dropped your tax return in the mail, use this form to provide the IRS with updated information Richard Richtmyer is an senior editor at Buy Side and expert in student ...

Form 1040 is the standard form for reporting your income, deductions, dependents and other tax details to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). It's usually referred to as an Individual Tax Return.

Ellen Chang is a freelance journalist who is based in Houston and writes articles for U.S. News & World Report. Chang previously covered investing, retirement and personal finance for TheStreet. She ...

When decrying the complexity of the American tax system, politicians on both sides of the aisle like to claim---inaccurately it turns out---that the U.S. Tax Code is a whopping 70,000 pages long.

IRS Free File is now officially open, enabling some 70 percent of Americans to begin preparing their federal tax returns online for free. The IRS will begin accepting mailed and e-filed returns on ...