Trump has signed an executive order to stop government agencies from sending and accepting paper checks. How will taxpayers ...

The Treasury Department did not respond to a request for comment. Jennifer Tescher, chief executive of the Financial Health Network, said that doing away with paper checks was the right thing to ...

Beginning Sept. 30, 2025, paper checks will not be accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury — nor will they be issued in the event of a payment, according to Advance/SILive.com sister site ...

This tax-return filing season might be the last time you send payments to the Internal Revenue Service using paper checks, or the last time you receive refunds on paper. A Trump Administration ...

This tax-return filing season might be the last time you send payments to the Internal Revenue Service using paper checks, or the last time you receive refunds on paper. A Trump Administration ...

Martinez also defrauded the U.S. Treasury by cashing altered Treasury checks made payable to himself. Along with co-conspirators, Martinez obtained checks made payable to others and altered the ...

Mail theft complaints have increased substantially since 2020, the order noted, and Treasury checks in particular are 16 times more likely to be reported lost or stolen or returned as undeliverable.

Trump has made eradicating government inefficiency a major goal in the first 100 days of his presidency, but the push to ditch paper checks predates this administration: A Treasury Department ...

The order outlines multiple reasons for eliminating paper checks, including unnecessary expenses, delays, fraud risks, lost payments, and theft. There has been a notable rise in mail theft complaints ...

President Donald Trump has targeted paper checks in a new executive order. Effective Sept. 30, 2025, the order directs the Treasury Department, which includes the IRS, to stop issuing paper checks ...

"Historically, Department of the Treasury checks are 16 times more likely to be reported lost or stolen, returned undeliverable, or altered than an electronic funds transfer. "Maintaining the ...