Some free tax services already available can prepare your taxes now and submit them once the IRS starts accepting returns.

Tax season will officially start Monday, Jan. 27. The IRS expects more than 140 million individual returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the April 15 deadline. The agency began accepting returns via IRS Free File on Jan.

Spain is planning to impose a tax of up to 100% on properties bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU, such as the UK. Announcing the move, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the "unprecedented" measure was necessary to meet the country's housing emergency.

Spain is planning to impose a 100 per cent tax on real estate for buyers from non-EU countries such as the UK, in a bid to improve affordability in the housing market by deterring foreign purchases. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the plan for the punitive property tax,

Housing has become a major issue in Spain as it struggles to balance promoting tourism with high rental and purchase prices

Similar efforts from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stalled in the State House last year. She is hoping to soften tax increases by March.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is attempting to revive a failed effort to ease the burden on homeowners hit with double-digit increases in their property taxes.