Americans who receive money from the federal government may soon notice a shift in how those payments are delivered. The IRS is moving many federal disbursements away from paper checks and toward electronic options. That includes tax refunds and other government payments, meaning any future stimulus payments would likely follow the same process. The new change could impact your stimulus payments. Here are five things you should know. Paper Checks Are Being Phased Out Under a recent IRS policy update, t ...

“I have been sitting here waiting, worrying and wondering how they can do this to older widowed women.” (Photo subject is a model.) - Getty Images/iStockphoto Dear Quentin, I have been a widow for over six years. What is upsetting is how the government wants such a huge amount at tax time. This year’s taxes are even worse. I received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service telling me that I owed them $13,838. They accused me of not reporting what I had received from Social Security. I jumped through ...