The average tax refund is higher this year, but falls short of promises. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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Some people are splurging with their tax refunds. Others are finding that their refunds are being swallowed up by the rising cost of gas. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Vehicles fill the parking lot at a Honda dealership in San Marcos, Texas. About 60% of the Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. last year were assembled in the United States, according to Honda, which means they could be eligible for a new tax provision allowing buyers to deduct the interest paid on their auto loans. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
This tax season, there’s a new deduction for interest on car loans
Many Americans received an email from the Social Security Administration applauding the passage of President Trump's megabill. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
What Trump's tax cut and policy megabill means for taxes on Social Security
Robot assistant doing vacuuming a room. iLexx/Getty Images hide caption
IRS information sharing, bonds bust, and a chorebot future
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Senate Republicans have unveiled a budget blueprint they hope to pass as they look to enact key elements of President Trump's domestic policy agenda. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption
Senate Republicans moves forward with a partisan budget key to President Trump's domestic agenda
The IRS says Americans have until April 15 to claim refunds for the 2021 tax year, including some pandemic-era relief payments. Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images hide caption
A line of unsold electric vehicles sits on a dealership lot in 2024. Some customers who bought electric vehicles in 2024 are not able to access an EV tax credit now, because their dealers did not report the sale to the IRS using a new system. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Why some EV buyers are getting their tax returns rejected this year
Tax Day is April 15. We posed six common tax questions to New York-based tax attorneys Hana Boruchov and Leo Gabovich. Amr Bo Shanab/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks at a rally at Circa Resort & Casino on Saturday. The event focused on Trump's first week in office, including his proposed policy to eliminate taxes on tips for service industry employees. Ian Maule/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
In Las Vegas, President Trump once again pitches no taxes on tips
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Hunter Biden arrives at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington, Del., in June during his trial on felony gun charges. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, signs a check "no tax on tips!!" as he leaves $200 in cash for a gratuity at the Park Diner, in Waite Park, Minn., on July 28. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
About a third of all taxpayers are expected to file their returns in the last two weeks before the April 15th deadline. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
A general view of a game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Cleveland Browns on Oct. 24, 2004, at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland Ronald Martinez/Getty Images hide caption
A pint of beer is poured at Pressure Drop Brewery, in north London, in 2022. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Beer in Britain's pubs just got cheaper, thanks to changes in the alcohol tax
Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires, offers a crash course on economic inequality to residents of Whiteville, N.C. The group wants working-class voters to lobby Congress on raising the minimum wage and taxing the rich. Jennifer Ludden/NPR hide caption
These millionaires want to tax the rich, and they're lobbying working-class voters
Here, the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel acknowledged that Black taxpayers may be audited at higher rates than non-Black taxpayers. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
It may not seem like it at first, but race is also a part of our taxes and who gets audited. LA Johnson/Getty/design by NPR hide caption