President Trump has directed that most federal payments be issued electronically, including tax refunds. Last year nearly 10 million people got their refund via a paper check.

Taxpayers who receive these notices are being asked to take several steps within 30 days of receipt or face waiting months ...

The Internal Revenue Service announced in late 2025 that it is phasing out paper refund checks. Find out what this means for you.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal government is moving one step closer to getting out of the business of handing out paper checks, effective Sept. 30.

The National Taxpayer Advocate estimates that over 10 million taxpayers previously received their IRS refund as a paper check.

What do increased fraud, high costs, and operational inefficiencies all have in common? Paper checks, or at least, those were the reasons cited when President Donald Trump issued an executive order ...

Many filers could see tax refund delays amid the IRS shift away from paper checks. Here's what to know if you receive a CP53E notice.

Paper checks were already dying a slow death. President Donald Trump on March 25 signed an executive order mandating that all federal departments and agencies end their use of paper checks and switch ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday. The change, which was initiated through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal government is moving one step closer to getting out of the business of handing out paper checks, effective Sept. 30.