The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it expects to hold tax refunds for taxpayers this year claiming the earned income tax credit and the additional child tax credit until Feb. 15 to give the agency more time to detect fraud. The refunds likely won’t arrive on taxpayers’ bank accounts until the week of Feb. 27.…
If it’s January, it must be income-tax preparation season. Oh joy. As one who’s been the victim of a tax scam, I’m doing my homework to avoid problems. Thieves are stealing tax information and filing for fake refunds year round. It’s a big business and they are constantly trying to plunder your tax records. It’s…
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service and partners from the states and tax industry today reminded taxpayers that the nation’s 2017 individual income tax filing season opens Jan. 23. The IRS expects more than 153 million tax returns to be filed this year and taxpayers have until Tuesday, April 18, 2017, to file their 2016…
