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.

How could your tax return be impacted by IRS layoffs? If you file your return electronically, instead of by paper, then these ...

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 ...

There are reports that sensitive taxpayer information could be misused, and that potential cuts to the IRS’s workforce could ... significant delays for tax refund checks. The latter would ...

James Fishbank, a CEO, investor, and creator of the DOGE dividend joins CNN Michael Smerconish to explain how Americans could get a $5,000 tax refund check based off the money Elon Musk claims he ...

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 ...