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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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Tax Refunds
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…
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Nearly 1 Million Refunds Are Delayed by an IRS Policy Change — A Cleveland Man Tells Me What That Cost Him in Real Life
The conventional wisdom says filing your taxes early guarantees a fast refund. Get it in…
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The IRS Seized Irene’s Entire $2,800 Tax Refund Over a Debt She Thought Was Forgotten
Roughly $5.2 billion in federal tax refunds were intercepted by the U.S. Treasury Offset Program…
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A Little Rock Factory Worker Was Expecting a $2,847 Tax Refund. A Defaulted Cosigned Loan Wiped Most of It Out.
The fellowship hall at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Little Rock smells like industrial coffee and…