If you are attending college, or have a college student in your household, the following is a brief summary of the various education credits and deductions that may be taken on your tax return:

How are you going to file?

The deadline for 2015 returns is April 18, 2016.

For filing season 2016, the Internal Revenue Service will test a capability to verify the authenticity of W-2 data as part of a series of steps to combat tax-related ID theft and refund fraud.

This year, several tax forms have been revamped to make the process easier and more efficient.

The Ohio Department of Taxation said it has blocked more than 297,000 fraudulent income tax returns attempting to steal $533.7 million in refunds since the flood of tax fraud started in 2014 in Ohio and nationally.