tax
- “Fresh Start” Penalty Relief – Form 1127A
- (2008) Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) Exemption Amounts for the 2008 Tax Year
- ACA Explanation Statement – Entry into TaxAct
- Access Current or Prior Year Return
- Adding a newborn child as a dependent in TaxAct
- Adding dependents to your tax return in TaxAct
- After Filing a Tax Return – Next Steps
- Alabama – Severance Pay Exempt from State Income Tax
- Alabama Expanded Federal Income Tax Deduction
- Alimony
- Alternative Minimum Tax – Exemption Amounts
- Alternative Minimum Tax (Video)
- Amending Your Federal Return (Video)
- Amortization – Corporation’s First Year
- Arizona – Increased Excise Tax Credit
- Arkansas – 529 Plan Entry Steps
- Bankruptcy – Declaring Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy – Individuals in Chapters 12 and 13
- Bankruptcy – Individuals in Chapters 7 or 11
- Basis – Property Received as a Gift
- Business – Number of Returns
- Business – Use of Home – Employee
- Business – Use of Home – General Information
- Calculating and Paying Quarterly Estimated Taxes
- California – AGI Rejection – Rule Number F540/NR/NRS/2EZ-170
- California Form 3804 – How Is It Calculated?
- Capital Gains and Losses – Cost Basis
- Capital Gains and Losses – Dividends Received on Restricted Stock
- Capital Gains and Losses – Sale of Vacation Home
- Capital Gains and Losses – Short-Term Capital Gain
- Capital Gains and Losses – Various Purchase Dates
- Capital Gains Tax
- Cash Contributions Limitations Worksheet
- Changing the “Claimed as Dependent on Someone Else’s Return” Entry
- Charitable – Desktop and Professional Editions – Detailed Information Dialog Box Limited to 250 Entries
- Charitable – Frequent Flyer Miles
- Charitable – Mileage
- Charitable – Online Editions – Detailed Information Dialog Box Limited to 50 Entries
- Child Tax Credit – Additional Child Tax Credit and ARRA
- Child Tax Credit – Dependent Social Security Number Required
- Child Tax Credit Notice Received (CP 11) 2021
- Child(ren) of Divorced or Separated Parents
- Clergy – Exempt Wages and Housing Allowance
- Clergy – Housing Allowance
- Closing a Business Checklist
- Consumer Editions – Locating Return Files
- Contact Us
- Contacting the IRS
- Continuing Education for Tax Professionals
- Cost or Other Basis – Expenses of Sale
- Court Awards and Damages
- Create and File Prior Year Tax Returns
- DC Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
- Death of Taxpayer AND Spouse During Tax Year
- Death of Taxpayer During Tax Year
- Death of Taxpayer Prior to Filing Return
- Deductible Charitable Contributions and Gifts
- Deducting unlawful discrimination legal fees in TaxAct
- Deduction Examiner – Itemized Deduction Entries Not Appearing
- Dependents – Child Stillborn
- Dependents – Entering Hyphenated Last Name or Two Last Names in Program
- Dependents – General Information
- Dependents – Income Filing Requirements
- Dependents – Missing or Unlisted Dependents on Form 1040
- Dependents – Resident of Mexico or Canada
- Dependents – Who You Can Claim for Certain Tax Benefits
- Depreciation – Asset Completely Depreciated
- Depreciation – Claiming an Amount for Part-Year Use of Asset
- Depreciation – Cost Basis
- Depreciation – Home Computers Used For Investments
- Depreciation – Reports
- Depreciation – Selecting “Other Asset” for Depreciation Criteria
- Depreciation Recapture – Section 179 – Business Use Drops Below 50%
- Desktop Program Selecting States For Multiple Returns
- Disaster – Tax Relief Assistance
- Disaster Relief – Tax Provisions By State
- Donation Assistant Not Printing
- E-Filing – Attachment of PDF for Credit for Taxes Paid to Other State or Jurisdiction
- E-Filing – Incorrect Bank Information for Direct Deposit
- e-Filing – Return Due Dates and Deadlines
- Earned Income Credit – Child Already Claimed
- Earned Income Credit – Entering Combat Pay for Calculation
- Earned Income Credit – Entering in TaxAct
- Earned Income Credit – Income That is Not Earned
- Earned Income Credit – Self Employment Expenses
- Earned Income Credit – Unemployment
- Earned Income Credit Amount Increases
- Earned Income Credit or Child/Dependent Care Credit – Child Not Dependent
- Economic Impact (Stimulus) Payments
- Education Credits and Deductions – Dependent on Another Return
- Education Credits and Deductions – Dependent on Another Return – Modify Selection
- Education Credits and Deductions – Dependent, Spouse, or Taxpayer
- Education Credits and Deductions – Enter, Review, Modify
- Education Credits and Deductions – Married Filing Separately
- Educator Expense Deduction – Teacher
- EFTPS – Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
- EFTPS – Online Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
- Enter or Edit General Sales Tax Deduction
- Entering Information from Form W-2, Box 14
- Estimate Taxes for Future Years
- Estimated Tax Payments – Already Made for the Current Year Return
- Estimated Tax Payments – Am I Required To Pay?
- Estimated Tax Payments – Electronic Funds Withdrawal
- Estimated Tax Payments – Required Payments Adjusted to Desired Payments
- Estimated Tax Payments – Voucher and Worksheet Do Not E-File
- FEC Worksheet – Entering Foreign Earned Compensation in the Program
- Federal Tax Filing Deadline
- Filing a State Individual Tax Return Extension
- Filing an Amended Individual State Tax Return
- First Time Filers
- First-Time Homebuyer / Home Owner Credit
- Foreign Earned Income – Exclusion and Foreign Tax Credit (or Deduction)
- Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet
- Foreign Income
- Form 1040-C – U.S. Departing Alien Income Tax Return
- Form 1040-X – Filing an Amended Individual Federal Tax Return
- Form 1042-S – Box 1, Code 16 Scholarship or Fellowship Income
- Form 1042-S – Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding
- Form 1045 – Application for Tentative Refund (Current Year NOL) (CARRYBACK)
- Form 1065 – Entity Types
- Form 1065 – Return Due Date
- Form 1098 – Mortgage Amount Over Deduction Threshold
- Form 1098-C – Limitation of Donated Cars, Boats, and Planes
- Form 1098-E – Entering Student Loan Interest in Program
- Form 1098-E – Student Loan Interest
- Form 1098-T – Boxes in Detail
- Form 1098-T – Entering in Program
- Form 1098-T – Entering Scholarship Fellowship Income in Program
- Form 1098-T – Tuition Statement Not Received
- Form 1099-B – Cost Basis and Date Acquired
- Form 1099-B – Create Your Own Spreadsheet (CSV File)
- Form 1099-B – Entering in Program
- Form 1099-B – Import Stock Information from CSV File
- Form 1099-B – Restricted Stock Units and Backup Withholding
- Form 1099-B – Traders in Securities
- Form 1099-B – Various Purchase Dates
- Form 1099-DIV – No EIN or Payer’s FEIN
- Form 1099-DIV – Rounding
- Form 1099-G – Box 2 – Entering State Income Tax Refund in Program
- Form 1099-G – Box 7 – Agricultural Payments
- Form 1099-G – Entering Unemployment Compensation in TaxAct
- Form 1099-H – Health Coverage Tax Credit
- Form 1099-INT – CUSIP Number – Consolidate Entries
- Form 1099-INT – Entering in Program
- Form 1099-INT – Foreign Interest – Checkbox for Mutual Fund or Regulated Investment Company
- Form 1099-MISC – Entering Federal or State Withholding in Program
- Form 1099-MISC – Gross Proceeds Paid to an Attorney
- Form 1099-MISC – Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
- Form 1099-MISC – Other Income
- Form 1099-MISC – Rents
- Form 1099-MISC – Royalties
- Form 1099-OID – Number of Forms Supported
- Form 1099-Q – Payments from Qualified Education Programs
- Form 1099-Q – Qualified Tuition Program Payments (Section 529 State Tuition Programs)
- Form 1099-R – 401(k) Distributions
- Form 1099-R – Charitable Gift Annuity Code
- Form 1099-R – Distribution Codes
- Form 1099-R – Dividends Distributed from an ESOP
- Form 1099-R – Entering Basis of Nonqualified Distributions
- Form 1099-R – Excess 401k Contributions
- Form 1099-S – Proceeds from Real Estate Transactions
- Form 1099-SA – Distributions from an HSA
- Form 1116 – Duplicate Income Appearing in Part I
- Form 1116 – Foreign Tax Credit
- Form 1116 – Foreign Tax Credit Limit
- Form 1120 – Amending a Corporation Tax Return
- Form 1120-H – U.S. Income Tax Return for Homeowners Associations
- Form 1120-S – No Self Employment Tax on S-Corporation Income
- Form 1120-S – Passive vs. Nonpassive Activity
- Form 1120-S – Reporting Share of S Corporation Income
- Form 1120-W – Calculating and Paying Estimated Corporate Income Taxes
- Form 1125-E – Deductible Compensation
- Form 1310 – Name On Refund Check Needs To Be Changed
- Form 1310 – Refund Deceased Taxpayer
- Form 2106 – Number of Vehicles for Taxpayer and Spouse
- Form 2210 – Calculating Penalties
- Form 2210 – Schedule AI – Annualized Income Installment Method
- Form 2210 – Underpayment Penalty – Allow IRS to Compute Penalty
- Form 2290 – Heavy Highway Use Tax
- Form 2441 – Entering Clergy Dependent Care Credit in Program
- Form 2441 – Income Adjustment for Spouse Who is Disabled or a Student
- Form 2441 – Preschool Expenses
- Form 4137 – Tip Income – Social Security and Medicare Tax
- Form 4361 – Exempt Clergy Income or Wages
- Form 4562 – Deleting
- Form 4562 – Rental Real Property
- Form 4797 – Sale of Business Property Sale of Asset Entry into Program
- Form 4852 – W-2 Substitute Form – TaxAct
- Form 4868 – Filing a Federal Individual Tax Return Extension (Consumer)
- Form 5405 – Repayment of 2008 Credit
- Form 5498 – IRA Contribution Information
- Form 5695 – Energy Star Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency
- Form 5695 – Energy Star Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency
- Form 5695 – Must Own Home and Not Rent
- Form 6251 – Alternative Minimum Tax – AMT
- Form 6251 – Alternative Minimum Tax – Check Boxes
- Form 6251 – Home Mortgage Interest Adjustment Line 4 – View Worksheet
- Form 6781 – Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles – Futures Contracts
- Form 7004 – Filing a Federal Business Return Extension
- Form 709 – Gift Tax
- Form 8582 – Commercial Revitalization
- Form 8815 – Series EE Bond Exclusion
- Form 8846 – Credit for Employer Social Security and Medicare Taxes Paid on Certain Employee Tips
- Form 8862 – Earned Income Credit Claim After Disallowance
- Form 8880 – Full-Time Student Status
- Form 8917 – Dependent on Another Return – Tuition and Fees
- Form 8962 with Advance Premium Tax Credit – Repayment
- Form 9465 – Installment Agreement Request (Before Filing Return)
- Form 982 – Reduction of Tax Attributes
- Form 990 – Supported
- Form SSA-1099 – Dependents
- Form W-2 – E-Filing with Nontaxable Combat Pay
- Form W-2 – Employee Expense Reimbursements
- Form W-2 – Employer Contributions to Your Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Form W-2 – Entering in Program
- Form W-2 – ESOP Same Day Sale Income Included
- Form W-2 – Exclusion From Income
- Form W-2 – Make a Change After E-Filing
- Form W-2 – Moving Expense Reimbursements
- Form W-2 – Multiple Forms W-2 with Information from Multiple States
- Form W-2 – Non-Taxable Combat Pay
- Form W-2 – State Information
- Form W-2 – State Withholdings
- Form W-2 – Statutory Employee
- Form W-2 – Student FICA Exemption
- Form W-2 – Tier I Medicare Railroad Retirement
- Form W-2C – Corrected Form W-2
- Form W-4 – Exemption From Withholding
- Forms 1041 and 706 – Generation-Skipping Transfer
- Forms 1065 / 1120-S / 1120 / 1040-NR / 1041 Availability
- Forms 1099-INT or 1099-OID – Penalty on Early Withdrawal of Savings
- Forms 8615 or 8814 – Which Form Do I Need?
- Forms RRB-1099 and RRB-1099-R – Railroad Retirement
- Gains and Losses – Short-Term and Long-Term
- Georgia – Auto Registration and Ad Valorem Tax
- Georgia – Direct Deposit Limitations
- Georgia – Form IT-QEE-TP2 – Tax Credit for Qualified Education Expenses
- Georgia – Tax Refund Included in Retirement Income Exclusion Calculation
- Georgia – The Eligible Single-Family Residence Tax Credit
- Goodwill – Definition and Tax Treatment
- Health Care Credit
- Health Insurance Cost on W-2 – Code DD
- Hobby Income and Expenses
- How to Check if Your Child Tax Credit Letter is Inaccurate
- How to Obtain a Copy of a Tax Return
- I haven’t received my W-2 Form: TaxAct
- Idaho – Idaho Form 40 Standard Deduction Property Tax
- Identity Theft – TaxAct
- Illinois – Property Tax Credit – Property Number
- Illinois – Property Tax Credit – Two Primary Residences
- Import PDF from Other Tax Software – Professional Editions
- Importing from Another Tax Program
- Indiana – Printing the Post Filing Coupon (PFC) Payment Voucher
- Indiana – Tax Add Back
- Indiana Post Filing Coupon
- Injured Spouse vs Innocent Spouse
- Iowa – Form 1040X Tax Differs From Form 1040 Tax
- IRA – Distribution Explanation Attach Statement
- IRA, Roth IRA, or HSA – Excess Contributions
- IRS Form 9465 – Installment Agreement Request – TaxAct
- IRS Letter 531 – Notice of Deficiency
- IRS Notice 2014-7 – Difficulty of Care Payments
- IRS Refund Cycle Chart
- IRS Refund Cycle Chart
- IRS Refund Status
- IRS Specifications for Registered Tax Return Preparer Test
- Limited Liability Company (LLC) – Which Return to File
- Locating Return Files – Professional Editions
- Mailing Addresses for Filing
- Maine – Sales Tax on Casual Rentals of Living Quarters
- Manage or Update Account Information (Name, Address, Username, or Password)
- Married Filing Separate – Itemized Deductions Forced
- Maryland – Form 502 – Baltimore City Tax Rate
- Maryland – Reporting Tax Exempt Military Income on Form MD502
- Massachusetts – Duplicate Wages Entered in Form W-2 (Residents Only)
- Medical Expenses – Only Claim Expenses Paid In the Tax Year
- Michigan – Amended Form 1040 CR – Homestead Property Tax Credit
- Michigan – Homestead Property Tax Credit – FIP/DHS Income and Own Home
- Michigan – Homestead Property Tax Credit – FIP/DHS Income and Rent Home
- Military – Address Red Alert
- Military – Combat Zone Designation
- Military – Residence
- Military – Spouse Sign Return for Military Spouse
- Military – Tax Status State of Residence
- Minnesota – Form M1PR – Property Tax Refund
- Minnesota – Property Tax Refund – Roommates and Co Owners
- Miscellaneous Deductions
- Mississippi – Gambling Withholdings Non-Refundable
- Missouri – Form MO-CR
- Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation
- Mortgage Insurance Premiums – Entering In TaxAct
- Mortgage Interest – Prepay Penalty
- New Jersey – No Tax Liability
- New Jersey – State Disability, Unemployment, and Family Leave Insurance
- New York – Form 1099-G Does Not Match Prior Year Refund Received
- New York City – NYC Returns Corporation
- New York City – NYC Returns S Corporation
- New York Verification Code
- Ohio – List of School Districts Which Assess Income Tax
- Ohio – School District and Local Withholding on W-2
- Oregon – American Indian Income Subtraction (Code 300)
- Oregon – Injured Spouse RDP Refund Claims
- Other Help with Tax Questions
- Pay Tax Owed – Tax Due Payment Methods (Federal)
- Pay Tax Owed – Tax Due Payment Methods (State)
- Paying Taxes Owed By Credit Card
- Pennsylvania – Local Taxes
- Pennsylvania – Locality Withholding Local Return
- Personal Property Taxes Paid
- Preparer Regulations – New York Paid Preparer Information
- Preparer Regulations – Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) Mandatory
- Printing Your Return and Individual Forms – TaxAct Desktop
- Printing Your Return and Individual Forms – TaxAct Online
- Printing Your TaxAct Desktop Return & Individual Forms (Video)
- Prior Year Tax Refund Withheld By State
- Professional Editions – IRS Requirements for Tax Return Preparers
- Qualified Business Income Deduction – General information
- Qualified Business Income Deduction – Pass-Through Partnership Income
- Qualified Business Income Deduction – Pass-Through S Corporation Income
- Qualified Business Income Deduction – Rental or Real Estate Income
- Qualified Business Income Deduction – Sole Proprietor Income
- Qualified Business Income Deduction – View Entries
- Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax
- Railroad Retirement Contributions or Income
- Real Estate Tax Deduction With Standard Deduction
- Real Estate Taxes – Entering Deductible
- Refund Delays for Those Claiming EITC and ACTC
- Refund Options – Direct Deposit, Paper-Check, Prepaid Cards
- Reporting a dependent’s W-2 on a tax return
- Request a Copy of a State Return or Transcript
- Request a Copy of Your Return
- Rhode Island – Property Tax Relief Claim Deadline Extension
- Rule Number F8962-070
- S Corporation Distributions
- Sale of Home – Sale of Main Home
- Sales Tax – Claimed as a Dependent On Another Return
- Sales Tax – Elect General Sales Tax Deduction or State Income Tax Deduction
- Sales Tax – Entering in the Program
- Sales Tax – Entering Local Rate
- Sales Tax – General Information
- Sales Tax – Home
- Sales Tax – Leap Year Deduction Does Not Match IRS Table
- Sales Tax – More Than Five States
- Sales Tax – Optional Local Sales Tax Table Locality Name
- Sales Tax – State Tables and Rates
- Sales Tax – Vacation Home
- Schedule 3 (Form 1040) – Excess Social Security Withheld
- Schedule B – When to Use/Print Only if Required
- Schedule B-2 – Election Out of the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime
- Schedule C – Reporting Odd Jobs
- Schedule C – Self Employed
- Schedule D – Viewing Tax Worksheet
- Schedule E – Rental of Duplex Expenses
- Schedule H – Household Employment Taxes
- Schedule K-1 – Additional Information
- Schedule SE – Clergy Self-Employment Tax Adjustment Worksheet
- Schedule SE – Maximum Earnings Subject to Self-Employment Tax
- Schedules C and F – Standard Mileage Rate for Vehicles
- Section 83(b) Election
- Section 965 Reporting
- Self Employment – Health Insurance Deduction
- Self Employment Tax
- Setting Up Direct Deposit (One or Multiple Accounts)
- Simplified Method for Pensions and Annuities
- Single-Member LLC
- Social Security and Medicare Taxes
- State and Local Taxes – Line 5 Estimated Tax Payment for Prior Year
- State E-File Status
- State Residence for Tax Purposes
- State Tax Refund – Received in Current Year for Last Year’s State Return
- Submit Previous Year Returns by E-File
- Submitting An E-file (Video)
- Summary of Return – Tax Summary
- Tax Audit Defense
- Tax Calculator – Affordable Care Act
- Tax Due Payment Methods (Federal Only)
- Tax Due Payment Methods (Federal Only)
- Tax Extenders
- Tax Refund Direct Deposit in Multiple Accounts – TaxAct
- TaxAct Online State Charges
- TaxAct Software For Previous Years
- TaxAct Xpert Support
- TaxAct: How do I report a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) from my W-2 form on my tax return?
- TaxAct: Where’s my state income tax refund?
- Taxpayer Ineligible to Participate in Self-Select PIN – Error Codes IND-664, IND-665, IND-666, and IND-667
- Tennessee – Adjust Taxable Interest and Dividend Income
- Texas – Franchise Tax Report
- The “Making Work Pay” Tax Credit – General Information
- Top 6 Tax Changes You Should Know About for 2022
- Travel Expenses – Tax Home
- Underpayment Penalty
- Understanding Your Tax Refund or Amount Owed in TaxAct
- Uploading Documents with the IRS Document Upload Tool
- Wash Sale Definition and Entry
- What Do I Need to File?
- What to Know After You E-File
- Why Is My Tax Refund Smaller This Year?