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Category: Rebates and Refunds
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You Can Still File Your 2019 Taxes if You’re Due a Refund
The forms were originally due in the early days of the pandemic. The I.R.S. estimates that 1.5 million people are owed money, but they must file by July 17.
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What to Do With Your Tax Refund, According to Experts
The average refund is down from last year, but still almost $3,000. One option experts recommend is stashing part of it for unexpected expenses.
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IRS Decision Not to Tax Certain Payments Carries Fiscal Cost
The New York Times – Business:The Biden administration has opted not to tax state payments to residents, a decision that could add to the nation’s fiscal woes.
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You Can Use Your Tax Refund to Buy I Bonds, but Should You?
The New York Times – Business:The answer depends on whether you’re looking to get high interest rates now or a safe investment with inflation protection over many years.
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Solving Your Travel Nightmare Is His Mission
The New York Times – Travel:Seth Kugel, who writes the Tripped Up column for The New York Times, offers readers travel advice and problem solving — including, once, a $17,000 refund.
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I.R.S. Decides Most Special State Payments Are Not Taxable
The New York Times – Business:The agency offered the guidance that it had asked millions of taxpayers in 21 states to wait for before filing their returns.
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I.R.S. Tells Millions Who Received State Rebates: Don’t File Just Yet
The New York Times – Business:Tax season is underway. But the Internal Revenue Service is still figuring out whether the millions of taxpayers who received rebates last year should count them as taxable income.
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Your Tax Refunds May Be Smaller This Year
The New York Times – Business:Credits that were expanded as part of pandemic relief have expired, as has the deduction for donations for people who don’t itemize.
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Stranded by Southwest and Stuck With Unexpected Costs
The New York Times – Business:The airline’s customers incurred thousands in expenses as they scrambled to find alternate ways to get home.
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What Can Stranded Travelers Expect from Southwest?
The New York Times – Business:The troubled carrier says it will honor “reasonable requests for reimbursement” for those whose flights were delayed or canceled because of its meltdown. What will that mean in practice?
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German Tax Schemer Hanno Berger Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison
The New York Times – Business:Hanno Berger, a former lawyer and tax adviser, was at the center of a scandal that cost Germany nearly $300 million.