Americans scrolling through social media are encountering a flood of posts claiming new federal stimulus checks are arriving this month, but the IRS has issued a stern warning that these viral claims ...

Holiday shopping season is now peak season for tax fraud, and the Internal Revenue Service is warning that criminals are working just as hard as retailers in the final stretch before Christmas.

Rumors about new stimulus checks, IRS direct deposits, relief payments and tariff dividends swirled throughout 2025, and they ...