The average refund amount in 2024 was $3,138, according to the IRS. But is paying down debt the best way to spend that money?

their tax refund check — which last year averaged more than $3,100 — is often their biggest cash influx of the year. "We are also extremely concerned that DOGE personnel meddling with IRS ...

Currently, the IRS is facing a hiring freeze that means a labor shortage in the middle of tax season. which could be detrimental to taxpayers who are counting on their refund checks to come soon.

Have you already submitted your tax return to the IRS? Here's how to find out when you should receive your refund money. Macy Meyer is a North Carolina native who graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill ...

With DOGE at the IRS, what might make it more difficult for a filer to get their refund in a timely way, look up their tax data online, upload a document or even file their return? Distractions ...

US President Donald Trump is weighing a proposal to distribute a portion of federal cost-cutting savings directly to ...

According to NBC News, an IRS employee affiliated with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency is “expected to seek ...

But if you receive your tax refunds this one way, know that DOGE may be getting rid of it for good. In an X post published last Sunday, DOGE suggested eliminating process of sending tax refunds in the ...

The Trump White House and Treasury Department officials have agreed to prohibit the U.S. DOGE Service from accessing personal taxpayer data, according to two people familiar with the arrangement ...

David Ake/Getty Images) The Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has pressed the IRS for permission ... already accessed filers’ tax refund information through the ...

Top Democrats in Congress want to know what Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to do at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after multiple outlets reported the advisory ...