Tax refunds

With no last-minute changes, a more effective IRS, and a more reasonable schedule, tax pros heralded a return to normalcy.

The top five had an effective total state and local tax rate on the median U.S. household of 7.07%.

Time is running out for 2019 refunds, the IRS warns.

Taxpayers who filed early this year and reported state tax refunds they received in 2022 as taxable income should consider filing an amended return.

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The top five states in our ranking had an average individual income tax refund of $1,742.80 in 2021.

The service is giving taxpayers more time to file tax refund claims for tax returns they filed earlier in the pandemic.

The average refund is smaller, but the IRS has been keeping up on processing returns so far.

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A tax season update from Stephen Mankowski of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners.

The service is planning to issue guidance as soon as today on whether special state tax refunds, rebates and payments from states like California, Virginia and others are taxable.

The agency said unexpectedly that it was still deciding whether state rebates to taxpayers were taxable income.

The service corrected approximately 14 million returns, generating nearly 12 million refunds.

The company wants to create a refund-focused tax experience for customers, including reducing the time people need to wait for their refunds.

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The Internal Revenue Service's backlog is having an impact in many areas, including the handling of noncorporate applications for refund claims on net operating losses.

The Internal Revenue Service has been slow in processing employer tax credits and tax refunds that businesses were supposed to receive.

NTA Erin Collins expressed concern Wednesday about continuing delays by the service in processing tax returns filed on paper last year.

The Internal Revenue Service introduced a new feature that enables taxpayers to check the status of their current tax year and tax refunds for the two previous years as the agency continues to come under fire for processing backlogs.