Millions of Americans who file their own returns have long learned about tax math mistakes only after the Internal Revenue ...

To an outsider, this looks like an unusual lesson. Fifth-graders at Harbor View Elementary School in Newport Beach are sketching rectangles to parse a story problem involving mangoes and fruit cups.

Mathbots haven’t done much for K-12 math instruction. Can more sophisticated uses of AI succeed in turning around American ...

The IRS MATH Act, officially known as the Mathematics and Taxpayer Assistance Act, is a significant legislative step towards improving the clarity of communications from the IRS. Passed unanimously by ...

Seeing as Tuesday night is the deadline for filing tax returns, and seeing as data is FiveThirtyEight’s raison d’être, I was excited to find a set of statistics ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has declined to add critical information to its so-called math error notices that would make them easier to understand, despite the ...

Thanks to the IRS MATH Act, the IRS must now explain mistakes in plain English, show any adjustments, and put your 60-day appeal deadline front and center. It will be a major upgrade from previously ...

A review of the literature on error analysis in mathematics education and an extensive investigation of errors made by German schoolchildren suggests a classification ...

Despite coming at the same time every year, millions of Americans have a tendency to feel anxious and helpless about filing their returns. There are even stories of those who, knowing they are getting ...

Some of those who took the SAT in May are getting good news: their scores are going up. The answer to one mathematics question didn't include all of the correct answers, so those who picked one of the ...

In a punishing tax season plagued by technical glitches and constantly changing regulations, millions of Americans are still facing unresolved delays as they wait for their much-needed refund checks.