The federal government's economic stimulus payments will begin arriving Monday, April 28, going first to taxpayers who opted for direct deposit and turned in their tax forms by April 15. Paper checks will be mailed starting May 9. More. ...

If you’ve spent a few hours lately slogging your way through your tax forms (and if you haven’t, you really should get on that), the odds are good that you’ve lamented a few financial decisions, or wondered where all your money went ...