Paper checks were already dying a slow death. 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 ...

President Donald Trump has targeted paper checks in a new executive order. Effective Sept. 30, 2025, the order directs the Treasury Department, which includes the IRS, to stop issuing paper checks for ...

We knew that it was coming—the IRS has officially announced that paper tax refund checks for individual taxpayers will be phased out beginning on September 30, 2025. This, the agency says, is the ...

This tax-return filing season might be the last time you send payments to the Internal Revenue Service using paper checks, or the last time you receive refunds on paper. A Trump Administration ...

An executive order from President Trump will require government agencies to make electronic payments for tax refunds, Social Security and other benefits as of Sept. 30. By Ann Carrns Paper checks ...

The Tax and Trade Bureau will stop issuing paper checks for disbursements, including tax refunds, to comply with a Trump executive order. Other federal agencies, including IRS, are moving in that ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced new measures that will directly affect how taxpayers receive their refunds, following an executive order by President Donald Trump. In a press release ...

Over the next six months, all federal departments and agencies will phase out the use of paper checks and switch to electronic payments, according to the White House. As the U.S. accelerates toward a ...