Author: Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press

The IRS has sent letters to roughly 9 million people who have not yet gotten stimulus checks. An Oct. 15 deadline looms to claim money before 2021.

Some who filed paper tax returns in February and March continued to wait for their federal income tax refunds in September after COVID-19 delays.

The military and federal civilian employees will need to deal with a payroll tax break, which will need to be paid back next year. But others won’t.

The phony invoice is a way to trick businesses — and consumers — into handing over cash and ID information. A new batch hit some PayPal accounts.

The COVID-19 coin shortage has many trying makeshift solutions, including a Wisconsin bank that temporarily offered bonus cash for coins.

All 401(k) plans aren’t the same. All savers have different incentives, which makes it wrong to conclude that 401(k)s are worthless.

New ☎️ scam

A way to collect cash donations via Square’s Cash App to feed families during the economic fallout turned into a nightmare for one Detroit group.

Consumers need to pay attention to alerts from their bank, as more credit card issuers are cutting credit limits and closing cards.

Talk of a second, more limited round of stimulus checks is building but consumers are still confused by some prepaid cards and scams.