In a move to make payments more efficient and to reduce the risk of fraud, the federal government is changing both how they receive taxpayers’ payments as well as how they make payments to others.

IRS tax refunds and Social Security paper checks are typically delivered online now. Will that impact your money?

WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration has announced it will stop sending out physical checks to recipients, moving exclusively to electronic forms of payment. The change will happen on Sept.

Over the last decade, the tax system has been moving in a clear direction: fewer paper processes, more secure electronic transactions, and faster confirmation that a payment was received.