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Friday, March 15, 2013  "Trending on CNY Central" is a compilation of the most clicked on stories and most watched videos of the week. We’ve also included a few top stories you may have missed.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  If you haven't received your tax refund, it could be due to an issue by the nation's biggest tax preparer. According to the Wall Street Journal, H&R Block "bungled more than 600,000 tax returns, delaying refunds by as much as six weeks."

Friday, September 21, 2012  Mitt Romney is releasing his 2011 tax returns.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012  An upstate New York prison inmate has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  Taxpayers had two extra days this year because April 15 fell on a Sunday, and Monday was Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia.

Thursday, March 29, 2012  Hundreds of you have unclaimed cash out there and you may not even know it.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  A former bookkeeper at an assisted living facility in Central New York says she embezzled more than $600,000 to feed a gambling addiction.

Monday, July 18, 2011  Rapper and actor Ja Rule was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns, and said a combination of youthful inexperience, bad advice and an inability to manage fame and fortune lead to his financial troubles.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011  The IRS says more than 6.8 million New Yorkers filed their 2010 individual federal income tax returns electronically, which is a 15.7 percent increase over last year.

Monday, April 18, 2011  It's deadline day to file your tax returns and a new poll released by the Siena College Research Institute finds 42 percent of New Yorkers say they paid too much in taxes while 43 percent think they paid the right amount.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011  A former New York state Senate Democratic leader and his son are facing new charges in their federal fraud case.

Thursday, February 17, 2011  If you still haven't filed you taxes, you only have about two months do to it.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011  A new agreement aims to stop federal prisoners from filing for and collecting millions of dollars in bogus tax refunds from their cells.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011  While April 15th is usually the dreaded tax day, it will be a few days later this year. The IRS says you will have until midnight April 18th to file your 2010 tax returns.