Transcript Codes show what actions are being performed on your tax file. Savvy filers know that they can pull their tax transcript and potentially see when they will be getting their tax refund early.

An IRS cycle code is an 8-digit code on your IRS tax transcript that indicates the day your return was posted to the IRS ...

Kemberley Washington is a former staff writer at Forbes Advisor and provides consumer-friendly tax tips for individuals and businesses. Her work goes beyond tax articles. She has been instrumental in ...

Taxes can be confusing, but they don’t have to be. With a slew of numbers, acronyms and deadlines, it can be challenging to figure out how to interpret your returns. Let’s start with transaction codes ...

The IRS and its Security Summit partners have achieved much success in combating identity theft (see “Tax Matters: IRS Touts Progress Against Taxpayer Identity Theft,” JofA, Jan. 2018). However, an ...

The Internal Revenue Service is making some changes in the way it sends tax transcripts for clients to tax professionals to beef up security. "As part of the IRS's effort to continue combatting ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to take steps forward in efforts to protect taxpayer data. Two years ago, the IRS moved to provide more privacy for individual taxpayers; now, beginning on ...

Clear Start Tax Reveals How Hidden Red Flags in IRS Records Can Trigger Enforcement – and Why Reviewing Your Transcript Is the First Step Toward Resolution IRVINE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / June 13, 2025 ...

You'd like to buckle down and do your income taxes. Really, you would. But you're missing one key form: last year's federal income tax return. But wait? It will cost you $30 to get an actual copy?