WASHINGTON — Thousands of IRS employees will be furloughed as the partial government shutdown drags on, the tax-collecting agency notified employees on Wednesday. The updated IRS Lapsed Appropriations ...

Viral claims of IRS stimulus checks in October 2025 are false; no official announcements exist, and such posts may be scams. Claims have gone viral on social media saying that the Internal Revenue ...

The IRS has announced that paper tax refund checks for individual taxpayers will be phased out beginning on September 30, 2025. Payments are next in line—but there is some breathing room.

IRS leadership conducted daily calls to decide what to do. "Some of these issues that we wouldn't normally worry about, we need to start talking about, and we need to be thinking about whether our ...

Guidance is now available from the Internal Revenue Service for deposit penalty relief for the first three quarters of 2026 to remittance transfer providers. Notice 2025-55 provides relief in ...

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 ...

IRS direct deposit stimulus rumors claiming $2000 payments are false and have no official confirmation from Congress or the Internal Revenue Service right now. These IRS direct deposit stimulus claims ...

Millions of Americans have been swept up by viral posts falsely claiming the IRS is dropping fresh 'October stimulus' direct deposits worth between $1,400 (£1,048.35) and $2,000 (£1,497.64). The rumor ...

The IRS announced that the tax brackets for the 2026 tax year increased by about 2.3% to keep up with inflation and ensure that Americans pay the same proportion of taxes. The "One Big, Beautiful Bill ...

Starting in 2025, the IRS will begin eliminating paper checks for refunds. If you’re still receiving checks by mail, expect that option to disappear in future tax seasons. Direct deposit remains the ...