According to tax experts who spoke with Bloomberg, chatbots keep making mistakes with tax returns. They give misinformed advice and are prone to misreading digits on tax documents. A Loyola University ...

In a 1981 magazine essay, the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould let readers in one of his field’s counter-intuitive truths. Aquatic animals, including lungfish and coelacanths, are more closely ...

A venerable IRS program called Free File allows 70% of taxpayers to file their taxes for free, just as the name implies. Only 2% of taxpayers used the service in 2024. That is the finding of a ...

The agency still offers a Free File program that works with commercial tax software firms. Some companies also offer free tools for certain filers. By Ann Carrns The federal government tested a free, ...

Bankruptcy filings have been climbing as Americans continue to grapple with several looming economic issues, including persistent inflation and high interest rates on borrowing options. When you ...

The Trump administration may have shuttered Direct File — the IRS’s short-lived experiment in tax-preparation software — but it doesn’t mean you have to pay to file your taxes. There are plenty of ...

The IRS shut down its direct filing program for 2026, but Free File, Fillable Forms, MilTax, and some private tools remain—if you know where to look. Here’s how to navigate the free options still ...

BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): Now, there are some people who have asked the legal question, what is the legal basis for this? So let's be clear. When people say there is a violation of international law, no one ...

(NEXSTAR) – In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, that’s no longer an option. IRS Direct File launched as a pilot ...

Sometimes a prosaic AI query produces something that looks more like parody. The other day, I asked Claude to give me the latest definition of “impact investing” and it served up this gem: “There’s ...

EXCLUSIVE: The island is closing for business: NBC is not bringing Deal or No Deal Island back for third season. Deadline understands that the show, a retooling of the classic Dutch game show, has ...

There is a misconception deeply embedded into the conversation surrounding news media: the notion that news outlets should strive for a complete lack of bias in their reporting. This ideal and the ...