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.

In an increasingly digital world, there’s something reassuring about getting a paper tax refund check. It feels tangible and final in a way that digital balances sometimes do not. For people without ...

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 are facing tax refund delays amid the IRS push to phase out paper checks. Here's what to know if you receive a ...

Other government agencies are also moving away from paper checks. The Social Security Administration has warned claimants still receiving their benefits via paper checks that their benefits could be ...

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 to electronic payments by Sept. 30. The U.S.

The time it takes to receive a federal income tax refund could drag out six weeks and more next year for many people who are bound and determined to receive a paper check in the mail. Beginning next ...

Issuing a paper check costs about 50 cents, according to the Treasury Department. The cost drops down to less than 15 cents per electronic transfer. Tax law experts note that those who could struggle ...