Social Security and IRS Both Have This Payment Change Starting Next Week—Here's What You Need to Know To Get Paid

Starting Sept. 30, both the Social Security Administration and the IRS are phasing out paper checks as part of a massive federal digitization push. Here's what you need to know.

IRS makes major change in how you will get your tax refund

In keeping with the new federal mandate against paper checks, the U.S. tax agency announced that as of Sept. 30, it will no longer issue paper refund checks. The move, the agency said, is the first ...
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IRS to eliminate paper tax refund checks starting 2026 tax filing season

Beginning on Sept. 30, 2025, paper tax refund checks will be phased out of use, as required by Executive Order 14247. This change is the first step in the IRS and the U.S Department of the Treasury’s ...
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IRS Ends Paper Tax Refund Checks

According to a Tuesday IRS release, paper checks will be “phased out” starting Sept. 30 “to the extent permitted by law.” It’s a “first step of the broader transition to electronic payments,” the IRS ...