The average fee for preparing a tax return, including an itemized Form 1040 with Schedule A and a state tax return, will increase a few dollars to $273 this year, a 4.6 percent increase over the ...

With all of the focus on new tax rates after Congress green-lighted tax reform (you can see those new rates here), it's easy to forget that some of the biggest changes don't have anything to do with ...

The National Society of Accountants has found that the cost of preparing an itemized tax return averaged $233 across the country, but there was still variation in different parts of the country. A ...

Not to start another tax thread, but well anyway. Couple of questions about Schedule A which is for Itemized Deductions.<BR><BR>- State and local income taxes (line 5). The instructions say you can ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...