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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. The IRS announced that you can now amend your tax return by ...

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 ...

When you prepare the 1040X, it’s not necessary to complete a brand new tax return. Form 1040X only requires that you update numbers that will change. If your changes affect more than one tax return, ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a game-changer: later this summer, taxpayers will be able to file Form 1040-X, Amended U.S Individual Income Tax Return, electronically. Before this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. This article is more than 5 years old. The IRS has announced that ...

If you’ve ever needed to amend your taxes, you know that the process takes place the old-fashioned way: by submitting your forms through the mail. But that will finally change later this summer when ...

Every year I must amend several clients’ returns that were previously filed for various reasons. This year as the Oct. 16 extension deadline for individual tax filing approaches, I am faced with a new ...

I orginally filed my tax return this year as married filing separately because my husband was waiting on one of his W2's and we didn't know how long it was going to take to get it. A few weeks later, ...

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 ...