While some states have legalized gay marriage, the federal government has not — which puts many same-sex couples at a loss on how to properly file their federal taxes.

Throughout history, rulers have imposed taxes on everything from wigs to windows, but astute tax avoiders have always found a way to escape them.

Former disc jockey and current Marketplace reporter Bob Moon shares 1040-themed songs over the decades.

San Franciscans have the dubious honor of being the best tax procrastinators of 2011. One S.F. citizen talks about her lax attitude to filing.

The Obama administration has been arguing strongly this week for the Buffett Rule, which would raise taxes on those making $1 million a year or more. According to the latest Gallup polls, a majority of Americans are in favor of it.

A ballot initiative could raise the tax rate on a pack of smokes in Missouri, which is 8x lower than the national average.

Taxes are all around, but we may not realize it.

Marketplace's Jennifer Collins reports that home business owners who haven't paid taxes on their sales risk a contretemps with the IRS.

Commentator P. J. O'Rourke says the sheer complexity of the tax code makes it one giant con.