Tax Refunds
The IRS Stopped Sending Paper Checks — and Now This Atlanta Man’s $3,200 Refund Is Stuck in Limbo
Roughly one in four American taxpayers still receive their federal refunds by paper check —…
Articles by Vivienne Marlowe Reyes
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The IRS Said 21 Days. It Took 34. How Estelle Andersen Survived the Wait on a Caregiver’s Budget
Waiting for a tax refund is supposed to be simple. File early, get your money…
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The IRS Promised Bigger Refunds in 2026 — For This St. Louis Mom, the Math Was More Complicated
The pharmacy on South Kingshighway was quiet on a Tuesday afternoon in mid-February when I…
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Her IRS Refund Took 31 Days After ‘Approved’ — and the $2,000 Stimulus Check She Was Counting On Was Never Real
I first spotted Aisha Okonkwo at a CVS pharmacy on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland on…
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She Expected Her $4,200 Tax Refund in 21 Days — the IRS Held It for 63
Have you ever felt like you did everything right — filed on time, kept every…
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Cedric Holloway Expected $2,400 Back From the IRS. A 9-Year-Old Debt Took It Instead
Have you ever watched money arrive and disappear before you could touch it? That specific…
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The IRS Said 21 Days. It Took 77. A Knoxville Electrician’s Tax Refund Story
Most financial experts will tell you a tax refund is not a windfall — it’s…
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A Social Worker’s $2,847 Refund Got Flagged by the IRS — What He Learned After 73 Days of Waiting
The volunteer riding with me that afternoon — a retired school principal named Doris —…
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She Filed Her Taxes in February and Waited 11 Weeks for Her $2,847 Refund — The IRS Never Explained Why
Have you ever known exactly how a system works — and still been completely powerless…
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A Nurse in Atlanta Was Counting on His Tax Refund to Stop a Garnishment. The IRS Had Other Plans.
Roughly one in five Americans who receive a federal tax refund uses it to pay…