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He Expected an $8,400 Tax Refund. The IRS Sent $0 — Then His Wife’s Hidden Debt Surfaced
It was a Tuesday morning in mid-March when I first heard about James Dupree —…
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He Expected a $1,400 Tax Refund — Then the IRS Intercepted $890 Because of His Ex’s Hidden Debt
The free tax preparation clinic at the Salvation Army on Beatties Ford Road runs every…
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He Expected a $3,400 Tax Refund by March — The IRS Had Other Plans for His Money
Have you ever built a financial plan around a number that turned out not to…
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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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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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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…
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The IRS Approved Her Refund. Then a 20-Year-Old Debt Took $3,800 of It Before It Hit Her Bank Account
Roughly 4.5 million federal tax refunds are intercepted each year through the Treasury Offset Program,…
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A Senior Accountant Expected a $3,847 Refund. The IRS Sent Most of It to a Debt Collector Instead.
Roughly one in six federal tax refunds issued each year is subject to some form…
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She Expected a $2,190 Tax Refund in February — the IRS Sent $1,847 and a Letter She Didn’t Understand
Have you ever watched a number on a government website and felt your entire financial…