Tax refunds

The Internal Revenue Service is seeing a sharp decline in returns so far this season.

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The tax prep chain will let customers load their refund on an American Express card, saving them up to two days.

What the government returns can go right into an IRA for added benefits now and in the future. Plus, keep a parent's savings alive, even if they're not.

The tax prep giant is giving no-interest loans of up to $1,250 to current and new clients.

The service has released its guidance for tax preparers on income tax refunds for 2017, including information on potential delays.

Certain numbers will be invalid after Jan. 1, 2017, and holders hoping to avoid refund delays should renew now, according to the service.

For 2017, carryover from 2016 not only includes the usual reporting and compliance issues related to the tax year just ending, but also those tax changes and issues begun in 2016 that are by no means finished at year's end.