Lisa Lewis is a CPA and the TurboTax Blog Editor. Lisa has 15 years of experience in tax preparation. Her success is attributed to being able to interpret tax laws and help clients better understand them. Lisa also has been a TurboTax product user for many years and understands how the software program works. In addition to extensive tax experience, Lisa also has a very well-rounded professional background. She has held positions as a public auditor, controller, and operations manager. Prior to becoming the TurboTax Blog Editor, she was a Technical Writer for the TurboTax Consumer Group and worked on a project to write new FAQs to help customers better understand tax laws. She could also be seen helping TurboTax customers with tax questions during Lifeline. For Lisa, getting timely and accurate information out to customers to help them is paramount.
Today the IRS announced they are working on changes to the 1040 tax forms. The IRS said that “this new approach will simplify the 1040 so that all 150 million taxpayers can use the same form. The new form consolidates...
Father’s Day is here! From life lessons to learning how to throw a baseball, we gain a lot from our fathers, especially when it comes to savings. To celebrate Father’s Day, we thought it would be fun to hear what...
En Español The Internal Revenue Service announced today that it is providing taxpayers an additional day to file and pay their federal taxes following system issues that surfaced early on the April 17 tax deadline. Taxpayers will now have until...
En Español Updated April 17, 2018 2:34 pm PST As of 2:00 PM PST, the IRS announced that they are once again accepting e-filed tax returns. If you still need to file your tax return, you should continue to prepare...
In English Hoy el IRS anunció que está teniendo dificultades al momento de aceptar la presentación de impuestos electrónica. Aunque esto afecte las declaraciones de impuestos hechas hoy, debes continuar preparando y presentando tus impuestos de manera normal con TurboTax....
This post can be found en Español here. There’s just a little over a month left in the tax season, and if you haven’t filed your taxes yet, don’t worry you still time left to get them done! To help get...
Con la temporada de reembolso en marcha, y siendo que el reembolso de impuestos promedio fue de $3,000 en la temporada anterior, ya se escucha la pregunta más común de la temporada de impuestos: “¿Dónde está mi reembolso?” Sabemos que...
Calling all commuters! The IRS recently announced the 2018 “standard mileage rates”. Whenever you drive for business, medical reasons, or in support of a charitable organization, you may be able to get a mileage deduction and save money on your...
Yesterday the IRS answered this long standing question about the taxation of virtual digital currency, announcing that virtual digital currency like Bitcoins should be taxed as property instead of currency for federal tax purposes and the same rules that apply to property transactions like the sale of stocks apply to virtual currency. So what does this mean for you if you’re a tech savvy taxpayer dabbling in trading this form of currency?
This post can be found en Español here. We are excited to announce that starting today, TurboTax is transforming assisted tax preparation with the introduction of a new way to do taxes, TurboTax Live! Customers can take advantage of a...
Today the IRS announced they are working on changes to the 1040 tax forms. The IRS said that “this new approach will simplify the 1040 so that all 150 million taxpayers can use the same form. The new form consolidates... 
