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Are Christmas Loans and RALs Your Only Options for Holiday Shopping?

4 December 2011

While some indicators point towards an economy on the mend (including steady inflation rates and strong Black Friday sales), it’s clear that many Americans are still financially strapped. This has been particularly evident over the past few weeks as my email inbox has been chock full of questions about whether H&R Block will be offering [...]

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Does the IRS Owe You Money?

1 December 2011

The IRS has announced that it has $153.3 million in undelivered tax refund checks because of mailing address errors. There are 99,123 taxpayers who are due refund checks, making the average check a whopping $1,547. If you think you might be owed some cash, you can check with the IRS by using the online “Where’s [...]

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The Month After: Refund Status, Lost Checks and Tax Planning

17 May 2011

Tomorrow (May 18) marks exactly one month after Tax Day 2011. I know, just a month, right? It feels a lot longer to those of us in the tax profession. This is about the time that many folks start peering at their bank balances and wondering where the heck their refund checks are. If you’re [...]

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Checking Your Refund? There’s an App for That.

24 January 2011

I dunno about you but it *almost* feels like the IRS is catching on to this whole techno-trend. First, e-filing. Then YouTube and Twitter. Now, apps. Yep, the IRS has announced the availability of its first smartphone app, IRS2Go. Of course, you knew I’d have to try the app out (I’m the girl with the [...]

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Now THAT’S A Refund!

26 August 2009

Laura Schultz was expecting to hear from the IRS. After all, the Denver-area house cleaner owed the IRS about $80. But when she opened up a letter from the IRS, it wasn’t quite was she was expecting: a refund check for $122,783.51. Schultz felt that it was a mistake – and it was. She called [...]

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It’s the Refund Meme! And This Time, You Can Win Big!

16 March 2009

It’s the refund meme! Here are the questions: 1, If you could do whatever you wanted, how would YOU spend an income tax refund? 2, Is that the same or different from how you actually plan spend it? (Psst, you can say that you’re not getting one – that’s a valid answer.) And there’s a [...]

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Delays in Refund Status Reporting

26 April 2008

Take note: The IRS has announced that users of the Where’s My Refund? feature may experience intermittent outages on Sunday, April 27, 2008 between the hours of 1:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m. EST.

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Where’s my refund?

26 April 2008

Whew. Tax Day has come and gone. Maybe you’re waiting on a refund – not the rebate (that’s something different) – but a refund. If at least 28 days has passed since you filed, you can check with the IRS to find out the status of your refund. You can: Call the IRS Refund Hotline [...]

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