MISMO Resource offers lenders a streamlined data approach for requesting transcripts of tax returns. The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO), is seeking public comment on its ...

Craig B. sent this one in, discovered when doing some research on prepaid interest: "Prepaid interest is interest that you pay in advance. Prepaid interest can only occur at the closing of a loan. It ...

You'd like to buckle down and do your income taxes. Really, you would. But you're missing one key form: last year's federal income tax return. But wait? It will cost you $30 to get an actual copy?

Reporting from Washington — You might assume it’s just another boring-looking piece of the paper blitz you’re hit with when you apply for a home loan. But given IRS Form 4506-T’s new prominence in the ...

Learn which situations may require an IRS tax transcript, along with how to request your tax transcript, and how to interpret it. Do you need information from a tax return you filed three years ago ...

The IRS recommends that you keep tax records for at least three years from the date you filed your original return, and longer for special situations. You may need copies of your tax returns for tasks ...

The IRS recommends that you keep tax records for at least three years from the date you filed your original return, and longer for special situations. You may need copies of your tax returns for tasks ...