r/tax is a subreddit with 467k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses tax, taxes, irs, income, and refund, and they frequently recommend/review tax software, bookkeeping software, and software/website.
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Popular Themes in r/tax
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is the $250k home sale capital gains exclusion really unlimited over a lifetime, or is there a cap I'm missing?"
67 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Three years ago my boss gave me 15% equity in our agency instead of a raise. Now I owe $14k in estimated taxes next week for profits I’m not allowed to touch."
10 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "I didn't file this year because I'm a student, living on student loans, and made like $4000 gross total over the year selling things; IRS sent me a form to sign?"
9 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "How do you actually find a good CPA for small business without just guessing and hoping for the best"
4 posts
Popular Topics in r/tax
#1
Tax
: "Is it a myth that super rich people don't pay as much Tax as the middle class?"
182 posts
#2
Taxes
: "My late S-Corp election was approved, but I haven't run any W-2 payroll yet. Q2 estimated Taxes are due next week and I’m terrified of messing up the W-2/owner draw ratio."
171 posts
#3
Irs
: "Self employed for 4 years, just got hit with $8k Irs penalty."
117 posts
#4
Income
: "I only make Income through stocks, and have to pay estimated payments quarterly. I paid them $3800 in Q1 because I used 100% safeharbor rule. But now I realize my Income for 2026 will be very little, and I'd like to pay only $100 in Q2. How do I "EXPLAIN" this to IRS, besides just sending $100?"
59 posts
#5
Refund
: "I got a large tax Refund check from a former trust, addressed to my married name from 21 years ago, spelled incorrectly, and so far no one can help me cash it."
44 posts
#6
Filing
: "Filing late taxes for my client"
33 posts
#7
State
: "For NY State income tax, what has to be included?"
22 posts
#8
Llc
: "Need to file 2019 multi-member Llc (form 1065) with the IRS, anyone could recommend a software provider?"
14 posts
#9
Form
: "CP2000 and Pay1040 - what's the right "Form?""
14 posts
#10
Cpa
: "Tax estimation/planning: how to find an appropriate local Cpa?"
13 posts
Products Discussed in r/tax
Tax Software
53 reviews
#1
Drake
3.8★ from 9 reviews
#2
Lacerte
4.5★ from 6 reviews
#3
FreeTaxUSA
4.2★ from 6 reviews
Bookkeeping Software
7 reviews
#1
QuickBooks
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Microsoft Dynamics
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
GnuCash
4.0★ from 1 review
Software/website
3 reviews
#1
CashApp
3.0★ from 1 review
#2
FreeTaxUSA
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
QuickBooks
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/tax
#1
Unsolved
: "Three years ago my boss gave me 15% equity in our agency instead of a raise. Now I owe $14k in estimated taxes next week for profits I’m not allowed to touch."
32 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Dancer haven’t filed for 7 years"
12 posts
#3
Tax Enthusiast
: "The taxes within my irrevocable trust are making it very difficult to conduct business. Advice?"
5 posts
#4
Informative
: "Last Thursday (and updated on Tuesday), NTA released its Part IV Kwong Blog post (and updated the other three parts as of last Thursday, too) — tax principal rather than just penalty/interest-focused."
3 posts
#5
Tax Advisor
: "IRS interest rates will be increased for the third quarter of 2026"
1 post
#6
Tax Specialist
: "New amended return (Form 1040-X) submission requirement."
1 post
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+105k members(29.1%)
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Last updated: June 25, 2026