Author: Elizabeth Blessing
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The IRS pushed tax deadlines to February for storm and hurricane victims in Alabama, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, West Virginia, New Mexico and Guam
The Internal Revenue Service has pushed back federal tax deadlines to February 2027 for people hit by storms and hurricanes in seven places. They are Alabama, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, West Virginia, New Mexico and Guam. The IRS announced the relief on October 14, 2026, and the new dates are February 1, February 4 or February…
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Insured Kroger pharmacy customers who filled a prescription between December 2018 and August 2026 have until December 21 to file a claim
Kroger has agreed to a $17,000,000 settlement of a lawsuit over how it reported prices on prescription drugs, and insured customers have until December 21, 2026 to submit a claim form. The class covers people who paid for a Kroger prescription between December 9, 2018 and August 23, 2026, according to the long-form court notice.…
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Trump signed a law giving Social Security 180 days to stand up a single contact for identity-theft victims, and a card lost in the mail qualifies
President Trump has signed a law that gives Social Security 180 days to set up one point of contact for people whose Social Security number has been misused. A card lost in the mail is covered too. The White House notice describes the contact as one for people whose number has been misused or whose…
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The IRS has sent automatic refunds to more than 50,000 people who carried an adoption credit forward from earlier years, and no amended return is needed
The Internal Revenue Service has already begun paying refunds to more than 50,000 taxpayers who carried an adoption tax credit forward from earlier years. Nobody has to file anything to get one. The agency says no amended return is needed. The payments were announced October 16 in IRS release IR-2026-123. Refunds and adjustments began in…
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Credit Acceptance is wiping out more than $630 million in car loans for over 55,000 borrowers automatically under a $700 million deal with 41 attorneys general
Credit Acceptance Corporation is wiping out more than $630 million in car loan balances for more than 55,000 borrowers across the country. The relief is part of a $700 million multistate settlement announced September 17, and borrowers do not have to apply for it. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office says consumers do not need…
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Food stamp purchase limits have reached their USDA start dates in Utah, Indiana, Idaho, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Florida and Arkansas, with four more states on November 1
Eight states have now passed the start dates the U.S. Department of Agriculture lists for limits on what food stamps can buy: Utah, Indiana, Idaho, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Florida and Arkansas. Four more states are scheduled for November 1, and Nebraska follows on December 1. The limits mostly target soda and other soft drinks, and…
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USDA blocked more than 2,000 illegal card machines from the food stamp system
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has disabled or blocked over 2,000 illegal point-of-sale devices from the food stamp system. The figure is a national count that USDA’s Food and Nutrition Administration published on September 18, 2026, in release USDA 0120.26, “USDA’s Operation SNAP Back Hits the Five Boroughs.” The release announces a crackdown…
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Extension filers are left out of the IRS’s automatic adoption-credit refunds
Taxpayers who filed their 2025 return on an extension are outside the automatic adoption-credit refunds the IRS began sending this fall. The agency’s October 16 announcement, IR-2026-123, says those returns, along with accounts that carry identity-theft indicators, freezes or dependency conflicts, “will be reviewed later in 2026.” The automatic group is defined by a date.…
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A federal tax refund stays outside SSI’s resource test for twelve months
A federal tax refund does not count toward the Supplemental Security Income resource limit for twelve months after it arrives, according to Social Security’s list of resource exclusions. The rule covers federal tax refunds and advance tax credits received on or after January 1, 2010, along with earned income tax credit payments. It matters because…
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Social Security wants the remittance ID in the account-number field of a bank repayment
Social Security is telling people who repay an overpayment through their bank to put the Remittance ID in the account-number field. In the agency’s instructions, the payee is “Social Security Administration,” and the Remittance ID goes where a bill-pay form asks for an account number. The agency announced the change in a July 14, 2026…