Granite City Tax Service

02/02/2026

Perspective shapes reality

01/22/2026

01/17/2026

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01/15/2026

Take note of this change in the Service’s processing of tax refunds.
IRS is phasing out paper refund checks to comply with an executive order
from the White House. Beginning this year, the agency will generally pay tax refunds
to individuals only by direct deposit or some other electronic method. Taxpayers
who don’t provide bank account info or request an exemption will face delayed refunds.
IRS is urging people without bank accounts to open one. The Social Security Admin.
is offering the option of prepaid debit cards to beneficiaries, but IRS isn’t yet doing this.

08/14/2025

From Kiplinger...

More chaos at IRS. It’s now on its seventh commissioner since Jan. 1. Billy Long, the latest IRS commissioner to come and go, was on the job for less than two months.

The new acting head of the agency is Scott Bessent, who will be doing double duty…leading the Service along with his primary job as Treasury secretary…until Trump picks another commissioner who is confirmed by the Senate.

This change in leadership couldn’t come at a worse time for IRS, which has a lot on its plate in implementing the tax changes in the OBBB,many of which take effect in 2025, in time for next year’s filing season.

07/04/2025

Here's how the IRS cuts shake out so far (data is from the National Taxpayer Advocate's most recent report to Congress):