Tax season

It took Nina Olson three attempts to figure out her own withholding.

Michael Anderson and his wife, Kathy, spun his tax preparer’s electronic “prize wheel” and won a promise from the company to double their refund.

Stress and other disasters; federal deductions and income segregation; Olson’s retirement; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The government shutdown and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will continue to cause friction throughout tax season.

Tax pros share the things they overlooked or wish they'd done differently this year.

When I started working, in 1963, the IRS had a policy where everyone preparing and signing tax returns had to be an enrolled agent.

The Minnesota Society of CPAs has a list of outrageous questions clients have asked their tax preparers this tax season.

The average tax refund increased 1.3 percent compared to last year, but the total value of those checks and the number of people receiving the payments continued to drop steadily in the first filing season under the new tax law.

Tax refunds in the U.S. jumped 17 percent week over week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

Using LinkedIn right; this year’s sales-tax holidays; alternative methods of apportionment; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.