The Internal Revenue Service has made only limited progress so far on its goal of achieving "paperless processing," scanning only a tiny fraction of paper-filed returns last tax season, according to a ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Thinking about giving money or assets to family or friends? The IRS has strict gift tax limits that affect how much you can give without triggering taxes. This guide breaks down the annual and ...

Dear Liz: I have been paying college tuition for my grandson: $20,000 per semester for the last three years. He has used the university’s online option to pay the tuition by transferring the money ...

'My husband, daughter, son-in-law and I all went to the bank' "Do I need to fill out a Form 709 for this on my taxes this year?" (Photo subject is a model.) Dear Quentin, Last year, I told my daughter ...

Last year, I told my daughter and her husband that I would pay off their mortgage if they got it under $76,000. My husband, daughter, son-in-law and I all went to the bank. Here’s why we chose $76,000 ...

A:The amount that each person can give away during life or at death will increase from $13,990,000 to $15,000,000 as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed into law on July 4, ...

Newborns can look forward to the promised Trump accounts in the new year, but if parents, grandparents, friends or relatives plan to contribute, they can look forward to a tax headache, experts said.

Parents who put money into their children’s “Trump Accounts” might face a headache come tax time: Even the smallest contributions may require them to fill out a little-used gift tax form that can take ...

According to a report by the Washington Post, the issue stems from an oversight in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” law passed this summer. The core problem is technical but severe. Under current IRS ...

Estate planning isn’t a one-time event — it’s a moving target. With gift and estate tax laws in flux and even “permanent” reforms often lasting no more than a decade or an administration, families are ...