Elizabeth Guevara is a personal finance reporter who explains the world of business and economics and how it impacts your finances. She joined Investopedia in 2024. Anchiy / Getty Images The IRS ...

Walking into a grocery store with the goal of saving money and eating well can feel like an impossible balancing act. Prices fluctuate constantly, sale signs compete for attention, inflation has ...

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 ...

Tax season is officially underway, and the Internal Revenue Service has begun accepting individual federal tax returns for 2026 through its free guided software program, IRS Free File. The IRS opened ...

IRS Direct File, a free online system for filing federal taxes, has been scrapped for 2026. Almost 300,000 people used IRS Direct File in 2025. So, are they out of luck, along with millions of others ...

Now that winter is in full swing, your snowblower may be your best friend. Compared with shoveling snow, this handy machine is more efficient and safer on your body—reducing the risk of strain on your ...

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Apple's new Digital ID stores your passport data on your iPhone. The ID is currently accepted at 250 TSA checkpoints in the US. You'll still need your physical passport for international travel. A ...

Free software on your phone or tablet lets you scan, create, edit, annotate and even sign digitized documents on the go. By J. D. Biersdorfer I write the monthly Tech Tip column, which is devoted to ...

PDFs remain a common way to share documents because they preserve formatting across devices and platforms. Sometimes, however, you end up with several separate PDFs that would be easier to handle as a ...