Could paper checks be on the way out, like the penny?
3 days ago · The government stopped sending out most paper checks to recipients as of the end of September, part of an effort to fully modernize federal benefits payments.
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And while the headlines have focused on the historical end of penny production last month, the quieter, more disruptive story is playing out across paper-based payments.
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5 days ago · The End of Paper Refunds Has Arrived The IRS is officially moving away from physical refund checks. For decades, taxpayers could request their refund by check in the mail. But beginning …
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As of Sept. 30, the Social Security Administration, IRS and other federal departments and agencies will no longer send or receive paper checks, with only a few rare exceptions. That means Social...
Paper tax refund checks on the way out as IRS shifts to ...
Sep 24, 2025 · The IRS will begin phasing out the use of paper checks for refunds to individual taxpayers at the end of September and will publish detailed guidance for 2025 tax returns before the …
Could America's Paper Checks Be On the Way Out, Like the ...
2 days ago · "First the penny. Next, paper checks?" asks CNN: When the U.S. Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet …
The U.S. government is phasing out paper checks. What that ...
Apr 1, 2025 · 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.