{"id":42021,"date":"2026-04-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/15\/tax-season-was-supposed-to-bring-big-refunds-so-far-theyre-less-than-expected-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:00:00","slug":"tax-season-was-supposed-to-bring-big-refunds-so-far-theyre-less-than-expected-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/15\/tax-season-was-supposed-to-bring-big-refunds-so-far-theyre-less-than-expected-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax season was supposed to bring big refunds. So far they&#8217;re less than expected &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxNN0ExdEdYLXI2RUxNZmVfemRuUHVOUDNFRDNaVktEc3hwa3JSa3RXVDhLZngxQzJfSzF3Q3ZtY2ZaY1JIWnBGU2dMeTZhSTlTekozU1FLcVU2emVMNUs5X1hMVy1zRmM4YXRONUFDNHBNUmtZYjk0TldqeThKM2pCZQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Tax season was supposed to bring big refunds. So far they&#8217;re less than expected<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE92c0VWVjR6SDJ0NW02VlotNmZZQUVFdWxwSkM1aE9RQi1SYWZ3dDN0WDNoajJjc25XY2g2Z2RvdEhrTzJGbVk0UHZINDN3UUZRbTBZeXhwVTg3QVBydjdfWnN5MWdqamVBMGhTclNyUS0wTzFSbzVRNzhIaWUwZ9IBgwFBVV95cUxNMU8tRjNWd0d4eXZENDVmMi1kelRYem5HT0FXS2FpbEN5Q21DdjFPNWVaNlZzaDhqU2dtY0ZpeXF0SXRFMElNV3RUSy1kNG9GTU04aTVnRFcyUU8tY1ZGbVBLU19tcFMzN2VuaHBGWUQ1Ri1tNUJqWGltWUdkNk1LbG9Cdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s Tax Day. Here&#8217;s how big the average tax refund is in 2026.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTFBIeUNmU0xvcXItWnlvNjIxTVFxZVFMeUJjWllxaTdURFl5QVF3U0tLMEVGOS1zRjlBOHJfTk5pWjlFTzlJMHljbGVZeFBTQ2s0UkxOMEdIekJnVmxkcGtNa0RpWFhXSXZHVncwTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Tax refunds are bigger this year \u2014 just not as big as many expected<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxOa0RoaUFOOElYVklrbHp4YldCM2w5V2lwWC1RZ1FTVWxpanc3bGFwdlFxVHkxaU8xYXVtZjNFTmxNTnBoRVpxNzFweGxoZTNjTjRtVHdDWklyLXRXUTBtaTBCUEQxVUtmcWpySUMtZmFURmxBTmRwSmMwS1dPUDVSZHl6OWhCbzJPZ1liS1MxNks?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">IRS touts a 24% increase in tax refunds compared to the previous administration<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPdjZSUGxTMWRnTWJNbjY3SjhkZjU1aTNJMEF0UDhFQ1R0ZXNjVEtHWnNxMjFZUFJ1Q3F0a2pwVHZ4TnRsRUZEMVo4ZjZjbEp6R3ZkdFNnZHE2RzkyYi1BSWJrSktPZFBiZEdDNkJDNmN3b01wSS1rNjdxUFV5UWlOTU9MbUtvZ09wYWJsNmtieDM2dU1rOHR4UW11b0luTzQ0cm1jUjlabTZiOFVRZ18zcWN6MXc4Uk0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Tax Refunds Are Up, But Many Americans Aren\u2019t Feeling It<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tax season was supposed to bring big refunds. So far they&#8217;re less than expected&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR It&#8217;s Tax Day. Here&#8217;s how big the average tax refund is&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/15\/tax-season-was-supposed-to-bring-big-refunds-so-far-theyre-less-than-expected-npr\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}