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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The IRS will lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday, a person familiar with the plans told the Associated Press. The layoffs affect ...

The IRS, which contains private data on millions of Americans’ tax returns, Social Security numbers and banking information, is the latest agency to be targeted by DOGE as it seeks to ...

Senate Republicans agreed that they are not opposed to DOGE getting IRS access, but that it must color within the lines, and that leaking personal information remains a no-go zone.