We break down the definitions and eligibility rules for the five IRS filing statuses to help you maximize your refund this tax season.

Your filing status affects everything from your tax brackets to whether you have to file at all. Here’s how the rules work.

IRS Free File opened Jan. 9, allowing eligible taxpayers with lower incomes to prepare and file their federal tax returns for free ahead of the official 2026 tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service anticipates receiving some 164 million individual income tax returns as Americans digest the many provisions of President Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The 2026 tax filing season starts next week and taxpayers will get more than two months to file their 2025 returns and take advantage of the new tax breaks.

An appeal for bankruptcy protection filing of the operator of Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus has left the luxury department stores’ suppliers with unpaid bills and caused a rift with Amazon,

A new filing in the lawsuit over the murder of 24-year-old Brandon Yates alleges jail staff ignored clear warning signs that the man who killed him was too dangerous to be housed with others. The amended complaint,

A federal judge in Georgia on Friday dismissed a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit​ seeking voter information from the state, ruling the federal government had sued in the wrong city.