Ashlea Ebeling

Los Angeles, New York, United States

Personal Finance Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

Personal Finance Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Articles

How to Ask for a No-Excuse Extension on Filing Your 2024 Taxes

1 week ago | wsj.com | Ashlea Ebeling

Taxpayers don’t need an excuse, like the dog ate my W-2, to request an extension to file their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service automatically accepts extension requests if you follow a few simple steps. The due date for extension requests is Tax Day, April 15. An important note: An extension to file isn’t an extension to pay.
Income Taxes and Brackets: How Your Tax Rate Actually Works

1 week ago | wsj.com | Ashlea Ebeling |Jason French |Stephanie Stamm

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This Family Spent Years Chasing the Holy Grail of a 100% Roth Retirement Portfolio

1 week ago | wsj.com | Ashlea Ebeling

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Tax Day is Almost Here. Millions of Americans Haven’t Filed Returns Yet.

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Ashlea Ebeling

The April 15 tax-filing deadline is three weeks away, and tens of millions of taxpayers have yet to file their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service had received nearly 70.4 million returns as of March 14, down 1.7% from the same period last year. It had processed 69.6 million returns, meaning the computers are chugging along.
Tax Day Is Almost Here. Millions of Americans Haven’t Filed Yet.

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Ashlea Ebeling

The April 15 tax-filing deadline is three weeks away, and tens of millions of taxpayers have yet to file their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service had received nearly 70.4 million returns as of March 14, down 1.7% from the same period last year. It had processed 69.6 million returns, meaning the computers are chugging along.
Roth IRAs Are the Hot Retirement Product Among Young Workers

1 month ago | wsj.com | Ashlea Ebeling

Young savers are flocking to Roth IRAs. They are taking the advice of parents, workplace financial coaches and tax advisers, who have long preached the gospel of these accounts to save for retirement and even big purchases. $13.75/Week $4/Week Includes digital access to The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Barron's and Investor’s Business Daily $9.75/Week $2/Week Includes digital access to WSJ's unrivaled journalism. Already a subscriber?
IRS Retreats From Some Audits as Agency Slashes Workforce

1 month ago | wsj.com | Ashlea Ebeling

How Musk Is Bringing His Twitter Takeover Playbook to DOGEYour browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:00 / 8:00How Musk Is Bringing His Twitter Takeover Playbook to DOGEPlay video: How Musk Is Bringing His Twitter Takeover Playbook to DOGEThe Trump administration’s rapid shrinking of the Internal Revenue Service is ending some large audits and putting others in limbo.
IRS Retreats From Some Audits as Agency Slashes Workforce

1 month ago | wsj.com | Richard Rubin |Ashlea Ebeling

How Musk Is Bringing His Twitter Takeover Playbook to DOGEYour browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:00 / 8:00How Musk Is Bringing His Twitter Takeover Playbook to DOGEPlay video: How Musk Is Bringing His Twitter Takeover Playbook to DOGEThe Trump administration’s rapid shrinking of the Internal Revenue Service is ending some large audits and putting others in limbo.
Taxes for Parents: What to Know About the Child Tax Credit, 529 Plans and More

1 month ago | wsj.com | Ashlea Ebeling

To counter the high costs of raising children, Congress has sprinkled various breaks for parents throughout the tax code. But you need to know where to look and to compare benefits. Funding a flexible-spending account for child-care expenses through your employer-benefits program might save you more than claiming the dependent-care tax credit. Education credits for college or job-skills classes are among the most overlooked, according to the IRS.
Live Q&A: Ask Our Experts Your Tax Season Questions

1 month ago | wsj.com | Richard Rubin |Laura Saunders |Ashlea Ebeling

Tax season is under way, although filers don’t have to grapple with big changes to the rules as they prepare their 2024 returns. For the moment, Americans need only focus on the rules of the tax road they have been accustomed to for the past few years. $13.75/Week $1.75/Week Includes unlimited digital access to The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily $9.75/Week $1/Week Includes unlimited digital access to WSJ's unrivaled journalism.