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The IRS's free tax filing system is officially open. Here's everything you need to know.
The IRS launched the Direct File tax program in March and residents of 12 states are eligible for t…
Allie Kelly
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Millions of Americans may finally get their tax refund checks as the IRS clears out a backlog of 8 million 2021 returns
The IRS has been drowning in paper, and taking months to process tax returns — which held up refund…
Juliana Kaplan
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Janet Yellen wants a new way for people to file their taxes for free after very few Americans used the current program
Just 1 in 25 Americans were able to file their taxes for free last year. The Treasury Secretary wan…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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As taxes come due, millions of Americans are still waiting on their refunds from last year
Some people are still awaiting thousands of dollars in 2020 refunds — and have seen their finances …
Juliana Kaplan
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The IRS is scrambling to staff up and it's competing with Target and McDonald's for workers
Like businesses around the country, the IRS is trying to hire. But a labor shortage at the agency m…
Juliana Kaplan
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Taxpayers who filed paper returns to the IRS may wait 6 months for a refund
Some taxpayers have been waiting on 2020 refunds for months. They may have to wait even longer for …
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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The IRS announced an 'all hands on deck' approach to get millions of delayed taxpayer refunds to Americans by year's end
Millions of Americans have been waiting on their tax refunds for months. The IRS is determined to f…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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The IRS chief says the agency will get through its backlog of unprocessed tax returns 'before December'
Millions of Americans were waiting on tax refunds for months in 2021. The IRS is aiming to get them…
Juliana Kaplan
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Even dead people are waiting on their tax refunds — and loved ones say it's holding up emotional closure
IRS refund delays have hit millions of Americans — including dead ones. Their loved ones are left w…
Juliana Kaplan
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The IRS needs help. Its chief says millions are waiting on tax returns and can't get through via phone: 'This is frustrating for taxpayers and for us.'
Millions of Americans are still waiting on their refunds, and many can't reach the IRS on the phone…
Juliana Kaplan
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President Biden's new budget wants to bring back the child tax credit and make sure Americans don't face Social Security cuts all while taxing billionaires and big companies more
President Joe Biden's latest budget proposal would expand the child tax credit and create a paid-le…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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One photo of an IRS cafeteria overstuffed with paper shows why you haven't gotten your refund check yet — and just how underfunded the agency is
Many Americans have been waiting for their tax refund checks for months. They may be buried in a pi…
Juliana Kaplan
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An IRS worker in Kansas City is trying to make sure you get your tax refund — if he can find any staples: 'We're real people just like you'
Shawn Gunn searches for staples amid cubicles stuffed with paper at a facility in Kansas City. The …
Juliana Kaplan
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The IRS is wildly understaffed, and it could make for a hellish tax season
Between mountains of paper and tens of millions of backlogged phone calls, the IRS already has its …
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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Sen. Rick Scott proposed cutting the IRS budget by half. The agency's commissioner said 'you might be better off and save more money by just shutting it down completely'
"We got to make this system where we don't need a big IRS," Florida Republican Rick Scott told Insi…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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IRS delays are blocking Americans from getting thousands of dollars in returns. They're struggling to keep their homes, afford childcare, and feed their families.
Some taxpayers have been waiting for refunds for months — and struggling without the thousands they…
Juliana Kaplan
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We asked readers about their IRS delays and got so many responses we couldn't read them all
Taxpayers emailed Insider about how they are still waiting on necessary funds owed by the IRS — som…
Juliana Kaplan
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The IRS is about to pay out billions in interest to Americans still waiting on refunds
The tax code gives the IRS 45 days to process returns and pay a refund. If it doesn't, the agency h…
Juliana Kaplan,Dominick Reuter
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The IRS could auto-fill nearly half of taxpayers returns, according to a new paper — meaning they wouldn't have to spend time and money filing their taxes
Right now, Americans spend billions of dollars — and hours — preparing their taxes. But many could …
Juliana Kaplan
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Meet a Wisconsin mom waiting on nearly $6,000 the IRS owes from her 2020 return and child tax credits: 'The worst thing about this is that there's no communication'
Without a tax return, Rachel Cannistraro, hasn't received the monthly checks for parents that start…