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How IRS Layoffs Might Affect Your Tax Refund’s Timing
Experts warn that filing close to the deadline or submitting a return with errors is a recipe for delay. During tax season, IRS employees wear a lot of hats. Filing a paper return or having your return flagged will likely lead to longer wait times.
Where Is My Tax Refund? IRS Advice On Fastest Way To Get It
The IRS began accepting tax returns for 2024 on January 27, with millions of Americans already filing and paying their tax returns with the IRS. The average refund amount sent out for those who have already filed and paid is $1,928.
If Your Tax Refund is Over $1,000, You May Be Overpaying the IRS
Everyone loves a big tax refund, but what if you could still get a sizeable refund and more in your paychecks?
Tax refunds are flowing, but IRS is seeing fewer early returns filed so far this season
Early results from the IRS indicate that 7.7% fewer tax returns were filed in the first two weeks of the 2025 season. Why are some delaying filing?
The IRS Can Seize Your Tax Refund: Here's Who's Impacted
Wondering "Where is my tax refund?" Your IRS refund status could be affected if you owe child support, student loans or taxes.
IRS refunds are 32% lower on average so far this tax season
Tax refunds in 2025 are currently running 32% lower than they were a year ago. That gap is expected to close in the coming weeks, though, as returns claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit begin to be processed.
Where is your 2025 tax refund? IRS layoffs could affect when you receive your refund
Recent IRS layoffs are the latest federal cuts, but will they impact when you get your tax refund? Yes, they might. Here's what we know.
Where is your 2025 tax refund? Fewer taxpayers are filing early this tax season
Fewer taxpayers are deciding to file early this tax season than a year ago, but early refunds are higher in 2025. During the first two weeks of this year's tax season, the average federal income tax refund was $2,
Tax refunds in 2025 are about $1,000 less than in 2024. Here's why.
IRS data shows that the average refund check so far is about $2,200, or $1,000 less than a year earlier. Here's what experts ...
Thinking of not filing your tax return amid IRS cutbacks? Penalties can be costly, experts say
As of Feb. 14, the IRS received about 5% fewer individual returns compared to about the same point last season, according to ...
Getting a tax refund this year? It might be bigger than you expect
If you're expecting an IRS refund this year on your federal taxes, you might get an unexpected boost if your pay didn't.
You can still lower your 2024 tax bill or boost your refund with these moves
There's still time to lower your 2024 tax bill or boost your refund with these three strategies, experts say. Here's what to ...
You might not get a tax refund, even if extra money was withheld in 2024; See why
Some taxpayers won't get tax refunds on their 2024 returns, even if they had extra money withheld from their paychecks. There ...