Reg Wydeven is a partner with the Appleton-based law firm of McCarty Law LLP. He writes a weekly column for The Post-Crescent ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March 2025 directing the Treasury Department to stop issuing paper checks ...

The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday. The change, which was initiated through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March, will affect ...

Taxpayers who receive these notices are being asked to take several steps within 30 days of receipt or face waiting months ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal government is moving one step closer to getting out of the business of handing out paper checks, effective Sept. 30.

What do increased fraud, high costs, and operational inefficiencies all have in common? Paper checks, or at least, those were the reasons cited when President Donald Trump issued an executive order ...

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 ...

About 500,000 people were still getting paper checks - including people over age 80, living with disabilities or without internet access Exceptions on paper Social Security checks may be made only in ...

Many filers are facing tax refund delays amid the IRS push to phase out paper checks. Here's what to know if you receive a ...

Scammers and mail thieves are more active during tax season, but any time of year, there are precautions you should take to ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Back in the day, you would write a check to pay a bill. Now you can use online bill pay. You don't have to buy any checks; instead, you allow your bank to "write a check" from your ...