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Surprise, no tax refund for you! What not to do if you owe the IRS.

Crabb Tax Services — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:22:37 +0000

This is turning out to be a difficult year for a lot of taxpayers.

Major tax law changes that took effect last year are impacting people’s beloved refunds. The Internal Revenue Service reported that, as of Feb. 1, refunds are down 8.4 percent. The average refund was $1,865, compared with $2,035 for the same period a year ago.

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File your taxes soon — in case there’s another government shutdown

Crabb Tax Services — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 20:50:22 +0000

If you tend to procrastinate about filing your tax return, this is not the year to dawdle.

Usually everyone is fixated on April 15, when federal tax returns are typically due. But this tax season, Feb. 15 is the looming date on your calendar. That's the day when the temporary funding ends for the federal agencies that were shut down for more than a month

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White House Says IRS Will Pay Tax Refunds During Government Shutdown

Crabb Tax Services — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:22:36 +0000

Traditionally, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has not issued refunds to taxpayers while the government is shut down. That appeared to be the case this time when the Department of Treasury posted its Lapsed Appropriations Contingency Plan for the IRS

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