Why you may want to wait before filing your taxes this year MarketWatch 3/13/2021 TAX GUY We are well into tax season, and ordinarily I would say it’s time to get serious about filing your 2020 Form 1040 if you’ve not already done so. But so far, 2021 has not been much more ordinary than 2020, the year we would all like to forget. Now, with the expected enactment of the Democrats’ American Rescue Plan (Round 3 of COVID-19 related relief and stimulus) any day now, your 2020 return has become a moving target. Plus, there are some other tax-saving changes that you may qualify for with your 2020 return. Bottom line: if you’ve not yet filed last year’s return, please wait. You don’t want to have to file an amended 2020 return to collect the tax-saving breaks I’m about to explain. Here goes. Claim tax-free treatment for up to $10,200 of 2020 unemployment benefits