Tax season no longer begins in April. For scammers, it starts the moment the calendar flips to January. While you're waiting for your W-2 or 1099 to arrive, cybercriminals are already sending out ...

The first week of the 2026 tax filing season shows a slower start for federal income tax returns and IRS processing, but early filers are receiving larger refunds than a year ago. IRS data from the ...

Common scams include fake refund claims, threats of arrest, and suspicious links impersonating the official IRS.gov website. The IRS will not initiate contact through unsolicited texts, emails, or ...

Losing a loved one is hard enough, but some are still forced to deal with the IRS for more than a year afterward, data show. After someone died, it took the Internal Revenue Service an average of 444 ...

Today is Presidents' Day, a state and federal holiday in honor of America's first president George Washington's Birthday, observed every year on the third Monday of February during tax season.

The number of tax returns the IRS has received so far this tax season is down from last year, but refunds are up double digits, IRS data show. The average refund through Feb. 13 was $2,476, up 14.2% ...

The Treasury Department and IRS issued interim guidance on a special depreciation allowance for “qualified production property,” a new benefit added to the tax code by the OBBB. The guidance, set out ...

Early tax filers are enjoying bigger refunds compared to the same time last year, according to the latest figures from the Internal Revenue Service. As of Feb. 6, 2026, tax refunds averaged $2,290, up ...

Taxpayers who opt for direct deposit can expect to receive their refund within 21 days of acceptance of their tax return Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The IRS processed more than 20 million tax returns so far during the 2026 tax season according to the service's most recent published statistics, and if you're among the millions of people whom filed ...

Tax season has kicked into high gear, setting off questions about 2025 tax returns, 2026 stimulus checks, including Trump's $2,000 tariff dividend payment status or how to check on where's my refund ...

Student loan borrowers who get their debt forgiven in 2026 can expect a hefty tax bill next year. But there are steps you can take now to prepare for the tab, financial advisors say. Meanwhile, those ...