Should you use your tax refund to pay off debt?
The average refund amount in 2024 was $3,138, according to the IRS. But is paying down debt the best way to spend that money?
Investor proposes taxpayers receive a DOGE tax refund
James Fishbank, a CEO, investor, and creator of the DOGE dividend joins CNN Michael Smerconish to explain how Americans could ...
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Elon Musk's DOGE presence at the IRS raises concerns about taxpayer data security, refund delays
their tax refund check — which last year averaged more than $3,100 — is often their biggest cash influx of the year. "We are also extremely concerned that DOGE personnel meddling with IRS ...
Trump considers $5,000 DOGE dividend checks for American taxpayers—here’s why
US President Donald Trump is weighing a proposal to distribute a portion of federal cost-cutting savings directly to ...
The Hill5d
Top Democrats question IRS on DOGE access to taxpayer data
Top Democrats in Congress want to know what Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to do at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after multiple outlets reported the advisory ...
What does DOGE's IRS shake-up mean for tax season?
DOGE wants access to filers’ data, and the commerce secretary says Trump wants to scrap the IRS altogether. But filing a return remains mandatory — the earlier the better, tax advisers say.
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DOGE's access to critical IRS system containing taxpayer information is imminent
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, will soon have access to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system that contains sensitive taxpayer information, Fox News has learned.
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DOGE-affiliated employee expected to seek access to IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information
WASHINGTON — An IRS employee who is affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to seek access to an IRS system that houses sensitive taxpayer information, according to ...
Washington Examiner5d
DOGE on collision course with IRS
The Department of Government Efficiency is requesting access to the Internal Revenue Service‘s Integrated Data Retrieval System, which contains personal tax information for millions of people.
USA Today5d
Elon Musk's DOGE seeks access to sensitive and restricted IRS data
Among the systems that DOGE, the newly created executive branch agency led by Elon Musk, is trying to access is the IRS Integrated Data ... And if your refund is delayed, they could very well ...
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DOGE seeks access to highly sensitive taxpayer data at IRS
The IRS, which contains private data on millions of Americans’ tax returns, Social Security numbers and banking information, is the latest agency to be targeted by DOGE as it seeks to ...
The Hill4d
Fetterman blasts Musk over DOGE, IRS
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) went after tech billionaire Elon Musk over a report that his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been trying to access an IRS system. “I want to save ...