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An update to the tax code will enable some car buyers to write off their monthly payments on their taxes this year, with significant caveats for eligibility.

7 On Your Side and a team of tax experts will answer your questions about changes to the tax law, new deductions, deadlines, and much more.

The key to selling underperforming holdings at a loss and using those losses to cancel out capital gains on a dollar-for-dollar basis is to bring one's capital gains level down as close as possible to zero. Additionally, it's possible to use $3,000 of capital losses per year to offset other ordinary income, so there's the potential here with such a strategy to actually lower one's overall tax burden by selling the right securities at the correct time.

You made $150,000, but you paid off $75,000 a year and paid taxes. And ate food and stuff.

The rich have made an art of avoiding taxes and making sure their wealth passes down effortlessly to the next generation. But the tricks they use - to expedite payouts to heirs and avoid handing money to the government - can also work for people with far more modest estates. "It's a strategic game of chess played over decades," says Mark Bosler, an estate planning attorney in Troy, Michigan, and legal adviser to Real Estate Bees.

Tax filing season officially begins on Monday, January 26. If you missed the news last year, the IRS has ended its Direct File Service. My home state joined the program in 2025, and while it wasn't the only free option for filing taxes, I can attest it was absolutely the easiest -- especially if your tax situation goes beyond basic W-2 forms. (I was surprised to learn that fewer than 300,000 people used the service last year.)

This tax year (2025/26), you can add up to £20,000 to one ISA or split the money between several of the various types; the most used being Cash ISAs and Stocks & Shares ISAs. Whichever type of ISA you invest in you pay no income or capital gains tax (CGT) on the returns - no matter how much they are.

A new year brings a new tax filing season. With many cash-strapped Americans worried about their finances, many can't wait to file their returns. The sooner you file, the sooner your chances of getting your refund, after all. But just when can you begin submitting your tax return to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)? That depends. Here's what you need to know about the 2026 tax filing season.

Most people learn about Roth IRAs too late. A Roth IRA is a type of retirement account that lets your money grow tax-free-and stay tax-free when you take it out later. You contribute money you've already paid taxes on, invest it, and if you follow the rules, every dollar it earns is yours to keep. But not everyone is eligible to contribute. The advantages are huge, but actually contributing is a bit of a Catch-22.