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Since 2022, the IRS has witnessed a concerning surge in refund claims. The most recent of these stems from deceptive social media posts and individuals pretending to be tax experts, luring ...

Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images The 2025 tax filing season ran smoothly despite thousands of IRS layoffs, but the 2026 tax filing season could be challenging for the ...

Tax Day is only five days away now, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says it is not too late for Americans to create an individual IRS Online account—a tool that makes it easier for taxpayers to ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — I know folks were worried that government downsizing would delay refunds being sent out, but local tax preparers say it's the same. "Still have not seen any changes in refunds. They ...

Headlines and updates on sweeping changes to operations and staffing with regards to numerous federal agencies, and now implementing new tariffs, as we enter tax filing season may have people even ...

The Internal Revenue Service building is seen late in the evening on May 18, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) The IRS is making progress in moving its use of Login.gov ...

The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the country’s tax service, has released a draft of its new Form 1099-DA “Digital Asset Proceeds from Broker Transactions” for reporting income from ...

The Internal Revenue Service's efforts to halt fraudulent claims for the Employee Retention Credit have protected more than $1 billion since the IRS imposed a processing moratorium on new ERC claims ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...

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