401(k) Plan Updates from IRS Bulletin: What to Know from June
If you sponsor or run a 401(k) retirement plan, there’s some new stuff to deal with following the June 1, 2026 release of Internal Revenue (IRS) Bulletin 2026-23. Most of … Read more
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Haven’t Received Your IRS Tax Refund? Here Are the Main Reasons
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax calendar closed its regular period on April 15, 2026, but for a large portion of American taxpayers, it is still open because their tax … Read more
Millions in unclaimed COVID-era IRS refunds: Must be retrieved before July 10th
Tens of millions of taxpayers — individuals, small businesses, and corporations alike — may have a legal basis to recover penalties and interest the IRS collected during the pandemic. A … Read more
IRS Agents Can Show Up at Your Home in 2026, But Only Under These Specific Conditions
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) does send real people to your door. Yes, it’s true. But the panic going around online leaves out a ton of context—like why it happens, … Read more
Update your retirement plan: 2026 limits for 401(k) and IRA according to the IRS
On February 15, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Circular 2026-04. The main takeaway is that the 401(k) retirement plans contribution limit for most people remains at $24,500 for … Read more
Track Your 2026 IRS Tax Refund: When Will Your Money Arrive?
You filed your 2025 tax return. Now you need the money. As of February 2026, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has processed over 52 million returns, and the average refund … Read more
Millions of Businesses Face a July 10 Deadline to Reclaim IRS Penalties From the COVID Era
The case is Kwong v. United States, decided by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Judge Molly Silfen ruled that the COVID-19 pandemic, as a federally declared disaster, automatically extended … Read more
Americans Paid Covid-Era IRS Penalties: They Were Illegal and You Can Get the Money Back
If you paid penalties or interest to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) between early 2020 and mid-2023 — for a late return, a missed payment, or an underpayment during the … Read more
You can claim an unexpected refund from the IRS: You’ve got to move fast to get it
Most people paid whatever the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) billed them during the pandemic and moved on. A federal judge has now ruled that a significant portion of those charges … Read more
Millions of Taxpayers Can Claim IRS Refunds for Penalties Charged During the Pandemic
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) imposed harsh penalties and big interest it never had the legal authority to charge. That is the core finding of a federal court ruling that … Read more
The Average IRS Tax Refund in May Went Up 11% Compared to Last Year
The most recent data released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the 2026 tax filing season shows a sustained rise in the average amount of federal tax refunds. Through … Read more
Who Gets an IRS Tax Refund in May — and What They Had to Do to Get It
The April 15 tax deadline has come and gone. But for millions of people, that wasn’t really the end of it. May is when a certain group of taxpayers finally … Read more
Tens of Millions of Taxpayers Could Get an Unexpected Refund From the IRS
Tens of millions of Americans may be sitting on money the federal government wrongly took from them during the pandemic — and most of them have no idea. A … Read more
IRS COVID Refund: You’ve Gotta Claim it Now to Avoid Losing It
The federal government, via the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may owe tens of millions of Americans a refund — and most of them have no idea. Not because of a … Read more
Millions of Taxpayers Have Until July 10 to Claim a Pandemic-Era IRS Refund
A November 2025 court decision may have unlocked refund rights for tens of millions of Americans who paid IRS penalties during the pandemic — but collecting that money requires filing … Read more
The IRS Has a Crisis And Your Refund Might Be Caught in the Middle
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is dealing with one of the most legally and politically contested periods in its recent history. Within a single news cycle, the agency has faced … Read more
Millions of Taxpayers May Recover COVID-Era Penalties and Interest From the IRS
Late last year a federal court ruling opened a refund window that tax pros say is one of the biggest in decades. Most affected taxpayers don’t know it exists. The … Read more
IRS Launches Simplified Option to Extend Deadline After Employee Retention Credit Denial
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) put out an announcement on April 27, 2026, about a different administrative process for certain taxpayers whose Employee Retention Credit (ERC) applications were turned down. … Read more
The IRS Owes Pandemic-Era Refunds to Millions: They Must Be Claimed ASAP
The case didn’t make headlines when it landed. Kwong v. United States, decided by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in November 2025, moved through the legal world quietly for … Read more
The IRS Aims to Send Millions of Pandemic-Era Refunds: Here’s Who Qualifies
Turns out the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) might have been charging people penalties and interest during the pandemic that it had no legal right to collect. And now a federal … Read more
Four Reasons the IRS Says Tax Refunds Get Stuck in Processing
It’s that time of the year when millions of U.S. taxpayers file their federal tax return expecting a refund within a reasonable window. But a fair number of those cases … Read more