Tax Refund

Tax Refund Articles

• Jean Chatzky: How to save more

  These three steps can help you save just a bit more. And it can add up to a bunch when you’re ready to retire.

  2 min read Mar 30, 2015

  

• Fiscally sound plans for tax refunds

  Did or will you get a refund? What did or do you plan to do with it? Most folks surveyed by Bankrate say they’ll pay down debt or put the tax cash into savings.

  2 min read Mar 12, 2015

  

• Do you want a big tax refund or bigger paycheck?

  Is a tax refund an interest-free loan to the government or a welcome windfall?

  5 min read Mar 12, 2015

  

• Lawsuit challenges IRS Social Security offsets

  Taking tax refund money to pay what a filer owes another government agency is not unusual. A federal lawsuit, however, says the Social Security Administration went too far.

  2 min read Feb 19, 2015

  

• Will ID theft affidavit delay tax refund?

  Filing the affidavit shouldn’t cause delays, but your tax refund may be late for other reasons.

  2 min read Feb 10, 2015

  

• Wal-Mart offers cash tax refunds

  Want your tax refund in cash? Wal-Mart’s new Direct2Cash program gives filers the option to pick up their refund money in cash at the retail giant’s stores.

  3 min read Jan 22, 2015

  

• What you can do now to protect tax refund

  Take action to make it difficult for identity thieves to steal your tax refund.

  2 min read Nov 13, 2014

  

• How to find a lost payment to IRS

  The IRS owes you money but won’t pay. Now what?

  2 min read May 08, 2014

  

• Caution using a tax withholding calculator

  When using the IRS calculator, if you put garbage in, you’ll get garbage out.

  2 min read May 06, 2014

  

• Tax refunds could face debt ceiling delays

  Some lawmakers warn a debt ceiling fight could slow refunds even more.

  2 min read Feb 06, 2014