The IRS filed 196,996 Notices of Federal Tax Lien in fiscal year 2024, up from 179,019 the year before. That number is climbing as pre-pandemic deferred balances cycle through the collection system. If you’re reading this, you probably have one attached to your...
The IRS collected over $104 billion in unpaid taxes in fiscal year 2024 alone, and the agency’s enforcement budget has grown every year since 2022. If you owe back taxes, the IRS isn’t going to forget about you. But here’s what most taxpayers...
On April 15, 2026, $1.2 billion in tax refunds expired. Over 1.3 million Americans who never filed their 2022 returns lost that money permanently, and the IRS transferred every unclaimed dollar to the U.S. Treasury. The median refund was $686, but that number is...
Between January and April 2026, the IRS Criminal Investigation division identified $4.5 billion in tax fraud, a 111.8% surge over the prior fiscal year. Monthly tax scam reports jumped 62% from 2024 to 2025, and since 2020, overall tax scam reporting has climbed more...
The deadline for filing your 2016 Individual Income Tax return this year is April 18, 2017. Generally your return is due on the 15th day of the fourth month of the year (April 15th). However, this year the 15th falls on a Saturday, which would generally push the...
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