Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed ...

Most gifts don't require this IRS form, but find out if you're a special case. Most people give gifts all the time without even thinking about the potential tax ramifications. Yet technically, ...

If you are looking for the instructions for the 2010 gift (and generation-skipping transfer) tax return--Form 709--you will not find them today--at least not in a PDF format. In my blog post on March ...

Wondering what tax reporting might look like under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)? The IRS has released drafts of some 2025 tax forms (that you’ll file in 2026), including a draft of the new ...

The new Form 1040 that all tax filers will file this year is a one-page document with just 23 lines. It replaces the old 1040 as well as the Form 1040A and Form 1040EZ, and for most tax filers with ...

If you’re preparing your taxes, you'll file federal income tax Form 1040. Because tax laws change often, Form 1040 might have subtle differences from year to year. Form 1040 is the main form that ...