Want your tax refund ASAP? Here are 5 pitfalls that can delay your check.
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The typical U.S. tax refund, which averaged $3,200 in 2022, is often the biggest check a household receives all year. And with inflation still high, some measures show that roughly a third of Americans are counting on their 2023 refund checks to make ends meet.
But getting that payment in hand has proved to be elusive for the millions of taxpayers whose returns were caught up in delays at the IRS during the pandemic. Even with IRS accepting tax returns starting Jan. 23, the agency has a backlog of about 10 million returns yet to process.
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Indeed and Glassdoor, the job search and employee review firms, are slashing a total of roughly 1,300 jobs as their parent company, Japan's Recruit Holdings, embraces artificial intelligence.
Washington — The Senate is expected to vote next week on a request from the White House to claw back funding for international aid and public broadcasting. But the funding for rural radio and television stations — sometimes an area's sole source for emergency warnings and other news — has sparked concern among some Senate Republicans, especially after the recent devastating flash floods in Texas.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said that if Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, were to be released from pretrial detention, ICE officials have not determined where he would be sent.
Are you getting more migraines this time of year? Your mind isn't playing tricks on you — there are summertime factors that can make the severe headaches even worse.
Washington — During President Trump's first term, an Ohio company was admonished by Republicans and Democrats in Congress after an audit claimed it made millions in excess profit from federal defense contracts.
In the aftermath of the catastrophic flash flooding in Central Texas, false claims have spread online blaming the disaster on a decades-old weather modification technique called cloud seeding.
A federal judge in New Hampshire said Thursday he will certify a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected by President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship and issue a preliminary injunction blocking it.
Ford Motor is recalling 850,318 Ford and Lincoln models because the vehicles' low-pressure fuel pump may fail while in use, causing the engine to stall, according to a notice filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The Ferrero Group said Thursday it will buy WK Kellogg Co. in a deal valued $3.1 billion, expanding the Italian food giant's global reach.
A week before an expected committee vote on the controversial nomination of Trump ally Emil Bove for a federal judgeship, CBS News has obtained emails and text messages shared with Congress by a whistleblower who accuses Bove of unethical actions while he was a top Justice Department official this year.
Elon Musk on Wednesday unveiled Grok 4, a new version of his X platform's AI chatbot. The update comes a day after the bot posted antisemitic content on the social media network.
French university courts American researchers seeking "scientific asylum" amid Trump's academic cuts
A university in France says nearly 300 American researchers have applied for a space in its "Safe Place for Science" program that was created to lure U.S. researchers seeking "scientific asylum" amid aggressive academic spending cuts and other actions against colleges by the Trump administration.
As record-high home prices squeeze more Americans out of the housing market, rising rents across the country are proving equally daunting. Yet some cities offer decided advantages for renters when it comes to affordability and other benefits, a recent analysis finds.