Here are some reasons your tax refund may take a while to receive this year – and tips for what you can do if yours is late.

College students who are single and earned more than $15,750 in 2025 must file an income tax return. Students who earned less can file a return to get a refund of taxes that were withheld by their ...

The IRS started accepting tax returns on Jan. 27 — and by the April 15 federal deadline, the agency expects to receive more than 140 million individual tax returns. That means millions of people will ...

April is here, and you know what that means: Tax season is quickly coming to a close. If you’ve been putting off doing your taxes or have run into some issues while trying to file, you have less than ...

Tax season opened this year on January 26, 2026, and the IRS expects to process more than 164 million individual tax returns for the 2025 tax year. But not everyone is rushing to file, and not ...

Applying for a six-month extension is easy, but IRS rules still require you to make a proper estimate of the taxes you owe. A “zero extension” could cost you. Every year, millions of taxpayers file ...

It happens more often than you might think. Life gets busy, finances get complicated and suddenly, a year (or more) goes by without filing your tax return. Whatever the reason, though having unfiled ...