IRS Coverage

Tax Day: Monday is deadline to file tax return, request extension

It's Tax Day, the final day to fill out your federal income tax return. Here are the important things to know if you still need to file.

Deadline approaching to claim $29 million in stimulus, other credits

The IRS is warning taxpayers that they may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table.

The IRS has 940,000 unclaimed tax refunds from 2020 that are about to expire. Is one of them yours?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The IRS is warning taxpayers that they may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table.

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Feb. 29

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

As tax season begins, the IRS faces a monumental task: Digitizing a billion pieces of paper

Even though the vast majority of people file their federal tax returns electronically, the IRS still receives millions of paper tax returns a year, along with other kinds of forms and correspondence sent via snail mail.

Struggling with delayed tax refunds? Here's how an Apex family found relief

Did you get your state tax refund yet? If you haven't, you're not alone. The Department of Revenue is still processing 50,000 refunds in North Carolina this year.

Keely Arthur, WRAL consumer reporter

The IRS gets a digital makeover

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced a new program that will shift to fully paperless processing of ALL tax returns by 2025. But not everyone is onboard with the upgrade.

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending June 1

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

Beware: IRS text scams on the rise, Google searches show

WRAL 5 On Your Side is putting out a warning about IRS scams.

Keely Arthur, WRAL consumer reporter

IRS text scams surge, how to avoid them

Using the IRS, scammers text you promising tax rebates or threatening you to pay up. This is just a way to get your money. Don't trust it.

If you want to buy EV and get full $7,500 tax credit, you'd better move fast - rules are changing

If you're looking to buy an EV and want the full $7,500 tax credit, you'd better move quickly. The IRS lists more than three dozen electric or plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles made in North America that now are eligible. But some won't qualify or will get only half once new rules take effect April 18.

How they voted: North Carolina congressional votes for the week ending March 9

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

Fact-checking CPAC claims about the FBI, fentanyl, IRS

Republican lawmakers and pundits at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference berated President Joe Biden and his administration officials as weak and biased against conservatives. PolitiFact checks their claims.

PolitiFact staff

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Jan. 12

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted over the previous week.

Targeted News Service

'Yesterday he paid full price with a guilty plea': Triangle CEO pleads guilty to filing false tax returns

Raleigh business owner Alton Perkins pled guilty Monday for failing to account for approximately $3 million from his companies.

Delaney Eyermann, WRAL multiplatform producer

New IRS rules may mean you'll get bigger paycheck in 2023

Inflation may be pushing prices up, but it also may help push up your take-home pay starting next year. That's as the IRS updated rules for 2023 this week.

IRS to refund late-filing penalties for 2019 and 2020 returns

About 1.6 million taxpayers who missed deadlines for filing their 2019 and 2020 federal income tax returns will get automatic refunds of late-filing penalties under a new pandemic relief program.

Ann Carrns, New York Times

Does the IRS audit low-income taxpayers more often?

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said in an Aug. 7 press release that "last year, the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups." PolitiFact checks his claim.

Fact check: Did the IRS last year audit low-wage earners 'at five times the rate' of other tax brackets?

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said in an Aug. 7 press release that "last year, the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups." PolitiFact checks his claim.

D.L. Davis, PolitiFact reporter

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Aug. 11

A look at how North Carolina members of congress voted over the previous week.

Targeted News Service

Fact check: GOP leader says IRS agents plan 'new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k'

House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy tweeted: "Democrats' new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you -- with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k." PolitiFact checks his claim.

Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact reporter

Still haven't received your tax return? You aren't alone.

Viewers are reaching out to 5 On Your Side, frustrated with the IRS and the long wait times for their tax returns.

'Fatigued and frustrated.' 17 million people still waiting for tax refunds

Viewers are reaching out to 5 On Your Side, frustrated with the IRS and the long wait times for their tax returns. They say they can't get answers from the IRS.

Keely Arthur, WRAL 5 On Your Side reporter

Don't ignore: IRS to send millions of tax payment letters

Experts say, if a CP14 letter goes ignored, taxpayers can expect hefty penalties.

NC couple claims to have lost $2K using IRS-backed tax filing service

The service payUSAtax is listed on the IRS website as a trusted payment processor.