Hot tips: Avoid the IRS hot seat - More Americans than ever before are being audited, as the Internal Revenue Service is working hard to collect every single greenback it can. The total number of individual returns audited last year increased 7% from 2006, shooting up from 1.29 million to 1.38 million audits in 2007.
How to pay zero taxes - You've tried staring your computer down, but it's not blinking. No matter how many times you go over the figures, you get the same answer. That number on your screen - what you're paying the IRS this year - is more than your dad earned in his five best years. You can't help thinking, Why am I such a chump when other people must be getting off scot-free?
Hybrid tax credit shock - If you bought a hybrid vehicle last year, and you were counting on a tax credit, you may be in for a nasty surprise.
What they'll do to your tax bill - John McCain and Barack Obama have starkly different philosophies about tax policy - how to raise the revenue needed to support government programs, spur growth and ensure economic fairness.
Watchdog jittery about IRS computers - As taxpayers rush to file tax returns, independent auditors are warning that the Internal Revenue Service has not done enough to safeguard some of its computer systems, leaving sensitive taxpayer information vulnerable to disgruntled IRS employees, contractors or hackers.
Special tax rebates will begin May 2: IRS - The IRS on Monday said it would begin sending out 130 million tax rebate payments aimed at boosting the economy on May 2.