A significant tax overhaul in 2017 bulked up standard deduction amounts, and in recent years, the IRS has made them even bigger as inflation soared. The standard deduction is a flat dollar amount ...

That means millions of people are already raising the central question of tax season. The IRS shared an update that 23.6 million people have filed their taxes as of Feb. 7, a decrease from the 25. ...

The layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service came alongside additional firings at the Transportation Security Administration and the C.I.A. By Alan Rappeport and Andrew Duehren Reporting from ...

If you get a text claiming you're due a $1,400 stimulus check from what looks to be the IRS, don't click on any links. The text is most certainly a scam, as the federal agency doesn't send such ...

With the 2025 tax season underway, the IRS' Free File could be just what you need to get your taxes done early and for $0. Macy Meyer is a North Carolina native who graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill ...

An agreement with the IRS could give the team access to the Integrated Data Retrieval System, these people explained. That system, according to the IRS, allows anyone with access the ability “to ...

The IRS said it has plenty of online resources to make the process easier. For basic help, there’s the IRS Let Us Help You page. The page provides links to various services, such as tracking the ...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, will soon have access to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system that contains sensitive taxpayer information, Fox News has learned.

Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in ...

Among the systems that DOGE, the newly created executive branch agency led by Elon Musk, is trying to access is the IRS Integrated Data Retrieval System, according to media reports. It includes ...

Scammers pretending to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been texting taxpayers, asking them to give their personal details in exchange for Economic Impact Payments (EIP), also known ...