Tax 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.

The IRS warned Friday of a fast-approaching deadline for $1.5 billion in unclaimed tax refunds for 2018, which need to be claimed before the mid-April tax deadline.

Americans are still benefiting from a raft of pandemic relief measures that are contributing to the biggest tax refunds seen at this point in the filing season in more than a decade.

Think you pay too much in taxes? You probably do, if you are like the 46% of Americans who say they’re looking to get a refund check from the IRS this year.

The service is expanding its capacity to process tax returns following criticisms from members of Congress about taxpayers waiting months for refunds.