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“While the question mark when you go to click the button to pay can be intimidating, we want to make sure that taxpayers get the money you’re owed, too,” said DiVito. “Most taxpayers — certainly most working taxpayers — get money back. But the way that a lot of the tax credits function, you only get that refund if you file your taxes in the first place.”If you’ve experienced unusual hardship, and you share that with the IRS, the IRS can sometimes put your account in “currently-not-collectible” status. To do that, you share information about your income and living expenses, and the IRS determines if you qualify.

“Let’s say you’ve been ill, and you lost your job from illness, and you have serious medical bills. You’ve had all the bad luck, and things happened outside of your control, and you need some relief,” said O’Saben. “Then the IRS can place you in uncollectable status. But all of this requires conversation and communication. No one wants to admit they’re having economic problems, but the IRS will work with you if you do.”There are also rare circumstances in which the IRS will settle your tax debt for less than the amount owed, called an “offer in compromise.” VITA tax professionals can also help you see if you’re eligible, or you can useThat’s OK. Start now.

“I’ve been doing taxes for more than 35 years,” said O’Saben. “The number one reason people don’t file is that they have a feeling they may owe — which could be wrong — and they don’t want to face it. But it’s not a problem that’s going to go away. So tell the IRS the truth of the situation. And they will work with you.”Miklos Ringbauer, a CPA and tax professional in California, echoed this.

“It’s perfectly okay,” he said. “The IRS deals with every single taxpayer. They have dealt with this before. There’s nothing they haven’t seen.”

The Associated Press receives support from Charles Schwab Foundation for educational and explanatory reporting to improve financial literacy. The independent foundation is separate from Charles Schwab and Co. Inc. The AP is solely responsible for its journalism.Swiss aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard, center, Raphael Dinelli, left, Climate Impulse engineer and co-pilot, and project manager Cyril Haenel speak in front of the wings of the Climate Impulse, a plane powered by liquid hydrogen, at the press presentation of the project in a hangar in Les Sables d’Olonne, France on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.(AP Photo/Yohan Bonnet)

The controlled release of liquid hydrogen from ultra-insulated tanks under the airplane’s wings produces energy that seeps into the membrane of a fuel cell that powers the plane.“The plane has the wingspan of an Airbus 320: 34 meters (about 110 feet). It weighs 5-1/2 tons and it flies at 180 kilometers per hour — that means 100 knots at 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) altitude,” Piccard said Thursday.

One aim is to draw on energy from the “turbulence section” of the atmosphere, which airlines could also use one day to help save fuel, he said.Because it’s hydrogen, the only emissions will be water vapor. Still, outside experts caution that the environmental impact of such water-vapor “contrails” remains unknown in a real-world or large-scale scenario.