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Taxes

Federal tax evasion: Why it matters and who does it

Clark Merrefield | January 14, 2020
Every tax season people try to get out of paying the full share of what they owe the U.S. government in income taxes. Here are a few basic ins and outs of federal tax evasion.
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Earned Income Tax Credit claims are less likely after IRS audit

Denise-Marie Ordway | April 11, 2018
Low-income workers asked to verify that they qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) are less likely to claim the wage subsidy -- or even file a federal tax return, a new paper finds.
IRS individual income tax return Form 1040
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Income tax returns: IRS filing costs keep rising

Denise-Marie Ordway | March 8, 2018
The cost of filing federal income tax returns has risen steadily since the 1980s, partly because Americans are filing more forms with their returns, a UCLA researcher has found. 

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