Watch your mailboxes and check your bank accounts: IRS refunds can be issued as early as February 18. However, most federal tax refunds take longer. The average federal tax refund was around $ ...

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The IRS instructions for Form 1040 typically include a table to help you calculate the standard deduction available to you based on when you (and your spouse, if applicable) were born and whether ...

How to avoid delays, check the status of refunds and contact the Internal Revenue Service with problems. By Tara Siegel Bernard It’s a tax season unlike any other: As millions of Americans ...

Doug O’Donnell, the acting head of the IRS, is expected to announce his retirement on Tuesday amid turbulence at the tax collection agency, according to a person familiar with his plans.

Thousands of workers are set to be out of a job at the IRS with just under two months left in the tax filing season. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of the University at Albany.

If you owe a lot in taxes each year, the IRS notes, you can ask your employer to withhold more tax from your earnings. You'd file a new Form W-4 with your employer. You can use a special line on ...

That means millions of people are already raising the central question of tax season. The IRS shared an update that 23.6 million people have filed their taxes as of Feb. 7, a decrease from the 25. ...

A termination memo sent Thursday to IRS employees read: “Your continued employment at the Agency is not in the public interest.” The email said employees would be removed from their positions ...

The agency has begun laying off more than 6,000 new employees, sources say. The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday began laying off more than 6,000 new and newly promoted employees across the ...

The IRS intends to begin laying off 6,000 employees, starting Thursday, as part of the job cuts slicing through the federal government. Though it comes in the thick of tax-filing season ...