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What you need to do to get your COVID-19 stimulus check

by David Brancaccio , Nancy Marshall-Genzer and Alex Schroeder
Mar 31, 2020
If you got a tax refund or paid the IRS by paper check last year, you'll need to get your bank details in to the agency.
If the IRS has your direct deposit details, you don’t need to do anything.
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A short-staffed IRS is trying to reform

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 3, 2020
The IRS is trying to modernize its computer systems and improve customer service — with a smaller budget and workforce.
The Internal Revenue Service Building in 2008.
Shashi Bellamkonda
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How letters from the IRS saved lives

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 12, 2019
The letters, which went out to 3.9 million people, detailed how to sign up for health care coverage.
A new working paper found that health insurance reduces the probability of death.
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IRS taxpayer advocate leaves, no replacement yet

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 31, 2019
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson is stepping down on July 31.
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Tax tips from Nina Olson, America's national taxpayer advocate

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 30, 2019
Nina Olson's job is to serve as the voice for taxpayers inside the IRS. Here are her top five tax tips.
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Gold Star families facing higher tax bills — but a solution is in sight

by Marielle Segarra
May 27, 2019
The "Kiddie Tax" is suddenly something they have to worry about.
A volunteer places flowers along a row of headstones during a volunteer event ahead of Memorial Day on May 26, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia.
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How do organizations get tax-exempt status?

by Marielle Segarra
Apr 29, 2019
And how, or why, might that status be revoked?
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Study looks at where the IRS audits more and less

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 15, 2019
“It is, in a way, a map of poverty in this country,” ProPublica reporter Paul Kiel says.
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House votes to continue controversial IRS program

by Ben Bradford
Apr 10, 2019
The "free file" program is controversial because it's run by the same private companies that make money on tax preparation.
Armando La Rosa directs people to the Liberty Tax Service office as the deadline to file taxes looms on April 15, 2016 in Miami, Florida. 
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The IRS is using Instagram to try to humanize the agency

by Barbara Platts
Apr 1, 2019
The Internal Revenue Service is getting creative.
One of the 12 monsters the IRS posted as part of the #IRSdirtydozen campaign, aimed at teaching taxpayers the most common tax scams they may encounter. 
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