For the security of your personal information, a printed or digital copy of your TaxAct Online return is only available after you have signed into your account. You can then print or save a PDF of the return. TaxAct Support cannot mail, fax, or email a paper or electronic copy. For help with your username […]

For tax purposes, travel expenses are the ordinary and necessary expenses of traveling away from home for your business, profession, or job. An ordinary expense is one that is typical and widely accepted in your line of work. A necessary expense is one that is helpful and appropriate for running your business. It does not […]

The TaxAct mobile app is now available for iOS and Android users! Visit the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, search for TaxAct, and download the app to your device. Once installed, sign in using the same username and password you use on the TaxAct website.

You only need to complete Form 8958 Allocation of Tax Amounts Between Certain Individuals in Community Property States if you were domiciled in a community property state. Community property laws only apply to those who are actually domiciled in the state. Per IRS Publication 555 Community Property, page 2: Domicile The law of the state, […]

In the TaxAct® programs, the fields calculated by the program may appear as either green or blue in the desktop program and are either able to be changed or not able to be changed in the Q&A Interview section of the program. The blue amounts (or those amounts not able to be modified in the […]

Per the IRS Issues for Firefighters webpage: Firefighters This discussion addresses some of the common questions we receive from firefighters and their employing organizations. Compensation Generally, tax laws apply to firefighters in the same manner as for other types of workers. It does not matter whether firefighters are termed “volunteers”, are considered employees, or are […]