In a move to make payments more efficient and to reduce the risk of fraud, the federal government is changing both how they receive taxpayers’ payments as well as how they make payments to others.

What do increased fraud, significant costs and operational inefficiencies all have in common? Paper checks, or, at least, those were the reasons cited when President Donald Trump issued an executive ...

The Internal Revenue Service is no longer issuing paper tax refunds after September, according to a news release published by the department. On Sept. 23, the agency said it will transition to fully ...

The IRS Direct File program is no longer available. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) We knew that it was coming, but now we know for sure: Direct File, the free ...

The requirement for direct deposit information in tax returns stems from the implementation of Executive Order (EO) 14247, titled Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account. Signed by ...

No new stimulus checks are approved, and the IRS has not confirmed December payments. The last official relief was $1,400 credits tied to 2021 returns, with deadlines now passed. Trump’s proposed ...

The IRS urges taxpayers to get organized now to take advantage of changes under OBBBA that could impact tax deductions and ...