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The top of a Form 1040 individual income tax return is seen atop a stack of papers. (credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Refunds Of Some Early Tax Filers Delayed

If you wanted to be ‘ahead of the game’ and have already filed your tax return you may have to wait a week longer to get your refund.

2012/01/31

Taxpayers Can Use IRS Free File Program At No Charge

The government’s Free File tax return program is now open. Free File allows people, within a certain tax bracket, to have their federal tax return prepared for free.

2012/01/17

Piles of tax forms are seen. (credit: Getty Images/Mario Tama)

IRS Says Audit Rates Have Grown For The Wealthy

If you earn less than $200,000 a year, there’s a strong chance you don’t have to worry about an Internal Revenue Service audit. But if you make more than $1 million annually, the odds have been rising that you’ll be hearing from the tax man.

2012/01/06

Mike Rawlings attends a Super Bowl event on February 3, 2011 in Dallas, Texas. (credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Audi)

Dallas Mayor’s Campaign Contracted Companies Under FBI Probe

Two days after winning a hotly contested race to become Dallas mayor, Mike Rawlings’s campaign wrote large checks to two companies that are now under FBI and IRS scrutiny, CBS 11 News has learned.

2011/08/03

IRS Increases Gas Mileage Deduction In Midyear

The Internal Revenue Service is increasing the tax deduction motorists can take for using private vehicles for business, a rare midyear move sparked by high gas prices.

2011/06/23

The inside of a jail cell. (credit: AP Photo)

Wrongly Convicted Won’t Pay Taxes On Compensation

Some former inmates who were wrongly convicted say they feel twice cheated — first for being imprisoned and then again when the government that locked them up taxed them on the money they were paid to make amends.

2010/11/16