Here are some reasons your tax refund may take a while to receive this year – and tips for what you can do if yours is late.

At one point, the White House indicated that the average tax refund would be up by $1,000. Yet the numbers didn’t quite land there. The average federal income tax refund was $3,276 in 2026, based on ...

The focus on tax cuts came a week after Democrats nominated a gubernatorial candidate who has made raising taxes on wealthy residents a key pillar of her campaign.

Some 5 million taxpayers flipped from owing money to getting a refund, often thanks to new tax breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to nonpartisan Tax Foundation. IRS statistics ...