IRS Holding $164.6 Million in Undelivered Tax Refund Checks
A taxpayer only needs to update his or her address once for the IRS to send out all checks due. Undelivered refund checks average $1,471 this year, compared to $1,148 last year. Some taxpayers are due more than one check.
Does the IRS Owe You Money?
Who couldn’t use a little extra cash this summer! The IRS may have some money for you.
If you have not filed a prior year tax return and are due a refund, you should consider filing the return to claim that refund. If you are missing a refund for a previously filed tax return, you should contact the IRS to check the status of your refund and confirm your current address.
Scammers Use e-Mail, Fax to Pose as IRS
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service cautions taxpayers to be on the lookout for a new wave of scams using the IRS name in identity theft e-mails, or phishing, that have circulated during the last two months. In May and June alone, taxpayers reported almost 700 separate phishing incidents to the IRS. In 2008 so [...]
2008 IRS eFile Refund Cycle Chart
The IRS does not guarantee a specific date that a refund will be deposited into a taxpayer’s bank account. IRS Acceptance Date(by 11:00 am) between… Direct Deposit Sent* Paper Check Mailed* Jan 11 and Jan 17 2008 Jan 25, 2008 Feb 1, 2008 Jan 17 and Jan 24 2008 Feb 1, 2008 Feb 8, 2008 Jan 24 [...]
Track Your Refund
Wondering where your refund is or when you can expect to recieve it? The IRS should issue your refund check within six to eight weeks of filing a paper return. If you use e-file and you chose to receive your refund through direct deposit, you should receive it within a week. If you use e-file [...]
