I'm Nicole Lapin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand.

It's time for some money rehab.

Hmm, taxes.

I'm not going to do a big old preamble, so let's get right into it and talk about all

things IRS and taxes today.

First up, let's talk due dates.

This year the deadline to file is April 18th, and that's only if you owe taxes.

If you know for sure that you're getting a refund, the government is happy to just keep

your money.

Now that is your money, you need to get that money, but if you're getting a refund,

you do have up to three years to claim it.

After three years though, the government will just keep your refund forever and ever,

and you can't get it back.

But if you are getting a refund and you don't necessarily need the money ASAP and life

is really complicated and busy right now, this is something you can just take off your

plate for a while.

Because let's be real, the IRS is not in a rush with anything.

They can't be.

They've been hobbled by cuts to their funding.

I mean, between 2010 and 2019, adjusting for inflation, they lost 20% of their funding,

which sounds great, right?

Nobody likes paying taxes.

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