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Tax News and Discussion

Reddit's home for tax geeks and taxpayers! News, discussion, policy, and law relating to any tax - U.S. and International, Federal, State, or local. The IRS is experiencing significant and extended delays in processing - everything. Don't post questions related to that here, please.

479k subscribers945 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)808 authors / mosince 2009

r/tax has 479k members (+23% over the last 12 months). It gets about 945 posts a month from 808 people. Top topics: Stimulus Dependent Issues, IRS Taxes and Tax Refunds Delayed.

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Size and growth

How r/tax has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+23%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026479k
Growing479k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−54%vs Sep 2025 · −59% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026945
QuieterPeaked at 9.5k in Feb 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/tax

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Stimulus Dependent Issues2.3%
  2. IRS Taxes2.2%
  3. Tax Refunds Delayed1.3%
  4. Payment Status Updates1.2%
  5. RothIRANavigations1.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. FreeTaxUSA
  2. Intuit
  3. U.S. Department of the Treasury
  4. Id
  5. eCFR

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