Extension filers face October 15, but taxpayers in 21 Indiana counties now have until February 1
Twenty-one Indiana counties have been given until February 1, 2027, to file federal tax returns and pay taxes that would otherwise fall due this fall, while every other extension filer in the country still faces the standard October 15, 2026 deadline just weeks away. The Internal Revenue Service made the postponement automatic on September 2, […]
Read MoreExtension filers face October 15, but taxpayers in 21 Indiana counties now have until February 1
Twenty-one Indiana counties have been given until February 1, 2027, to file federal tax returns and pay taxes that would otherwise fall due this fall, while every other extension filer in the country still faces the standard October 15, 2026 deadline just weeks away. The Internal Revenue Service made the postponement automatic on September 2, […]
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Insurance & Protection
Health insurers expect to return just over $759 million in premium refunds, with notices mailed by the end of September
Health insurers across the individual, small-group and large-group markets expect to send back just over $759 million in premium rebates…
Personal Finance
Insurance & Protection
Health insurers expect to return just over $759 million in premium refunds, with notices mailed by the end of September
Health insurers across the individual, small-group and large-group markets expect to send back just over $759 million in premium rebates…
Markets & Investing
Banking & Credit Cards
Fraud & Scams
The consumer bureau is still sending money on 28 enforcement cases
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lists 28 enforcement cases as still active on its payments-by-case tracker, spanning a student-loan servicer, several debt-relief and credit-repair operators,...
Fraud & Scams
The FTC has called a September 29 roundtable on scams aimed at older adults
The Federal Trade Commission has called a public roundtable for September 29, 2026, aimed squarely at the scams that spike every fall around Medicare and...
Fraud & Scams
The Federal Trade Commission uses only five companies to send refunds, and none of them asks for a fee
Five companies handle every refund the Federal Trade Commission sends out on behalf of consumers who lost money to a company the agency has sued,...
Fraud & Scams
Amway agreed to the largest multilevel-marketing settlement the Federal Trade Commission has obtained
A $225 million settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Amway Corp. is now the largest monetary recovery the agency has obtained against a multilevel...
Fraud & Scams
A new Social Security scam asks to verify employment records rather than threatening arrest
The Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General warned on August 31 that a new imposter script is circulating among callers who claim to...
Bank Accounts & Fees
Banks can charge full overdraft fees again after a federal cap fell
Banks that spent 2024 bracing for a $5 federal cap on overdraft fees have instead spent the past year and a half free of any...
Real Estate
Renting & Leasing
Nearly 18 percent of housing-voucher areas see their rent ceiling fall October 1
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on September 1 released the fiscal year 2027 Fair Market Rents that…
Retirement & Taxes
Original Medicare adds heart-failure and COPD support next spring, and three of four enrollees qualify for at least one track
When Medicare itself ends a plan’s contract, members get one month before and two full months after to move
Switching back out of Medicare Advantage is allowed once between January 1 and March 31, and only one way
States can raise or even eliminate the income limits on Medicare Savings Programs, so an application can clear the federal cutoff
A dual-eligible special needs plan can only enroll members of its affiliated Medicaid plan from January 1
A federal audit found Social Security withheld benefits before appeal rights had expired, among errors in 75 percent of sampled cases
