Filing Made Simple: Navigating Michigan’s 2026 Individual Income Tax Season

Join State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks and her guest, Sarah Rusnell, Treasury's Outreach Manager, to discuss the 2026 filing season.

Important topics include the big change with Michigan Treasury eServices, available tax credits, and refund timing.

RESOUCES

For individual income tax:

Michigan Treasury eServices - web platform for individual income taxpayers and tax professionals to file their state tax return directly with Treasury for free, make a payment, check refund status, respond to a letter, ask questions, and view tax account information.
www.michigan.gov/incometax - a refreshed Treasury web presence for all things individual income tax.

For all taxes:

www.michigan.gov/taxes - a variety of up-to-date Michigan taxes information.
www.michigan.gov/treasuryoutreach - view the Outreach schedule and sign up for notifications when future Treasury tax education events are scheduled.

LISTEN NOW: Filing Made Simple: Navigating Michigan's 2026 Individual Income Tax Season.

Treasurer Rachael Eubanks

Podcast host Rachael Eubanks was appointed as Michigan's 47th State Treasurer by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in January of 2019. Treasurer Eubanks is committed to building Treasury's culture of service to Michiganders through continuous improvement and employee engagement, which are the foundation of Treasury's mission to provide fair and efficient financial services to all taxpayers for the long-term fiscal health and stability of our state.

Sarah Rusnell - Treasury Outreach Manager

Sarah Rusnell has been with the Michigan Department of Treasury since 2013. She has a Bachelor of Communication Arts and Sciences degree from Michigan State University. She is the manager of Treasury Outreach within the Office of Communications, concentrating on providing stakeholders with education-focused resources. In her time with Treasury, Sarah has worked extensively with many Michigan tax types- affording her the ability to bring Treasury’s functional areas together and bridge gaps through strategic, proactive communications and effective deliverables.

Outside of work, Sarah is an avid equestrian and hobby horologist (specifically, repairing grandfather clocks). She enjoys mood reading multiple stories concurrently, seeking out the best coffee spot anywhere she goes, and nerding out about space operas (don’t ask her to choose a favorite, but its Star Trek). Sarah is a passionate disability advocate with a healthcare background that would surprise most people who meet her. Learn more about Sarah’s life and work on Medium.