Tax refunds

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By Laura Litvan, Laura Davison and Erik Wasson
December 20, 2020 10:07 PM

The House and Senate are set to vote Monday on $900 billion in pandemic relief aimed at boosting the U.S. economy into the early spring, combined with $1.4 trillion to fund regular government operations for the rest of the fiscal year.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
November 19, 2020 4:45 PM

The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers Thursday that they only have until Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time to register for an Economic Impact Payment of $1,200 or more.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
October 26, 2020 10:06 AM

The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers more time until Nov. 21 to register their dependents for the $500 per child Economic Impact Payments provided under the CARES Act.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
October 15, 2020 1:47 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers until the end of the year before it stops its temporary procedures for faxing in Forms 1045 and 1139 for claiming tentative tax refunds.

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IRS Commissioner Charles "Chuck" Rettig
IRS
Michael Cohn
October 7, 2020 5:08 PM

Internal Revenue Service commissioner Chuck Rettig heard complaints from lawmakers about their constituents missing stimulus payments.

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By Laura Davison and Mark Niquette
September 21, 2020 5:25 PM

But the federal government has been able to correct some of its earlier missteps, like sending millions of stimulus checks to the deceased, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
September 10, 2020 11:26 AM

The Internal Revenue Service plans to mail out letters later this month to an estimated 9 million non-filers, encouraging them to claim their economic impact payments by an Oct. 15 deadline.

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By Mark Niquette
September 1, 2020 11:29 AM

The Trump administration said it’s recovered almost 70 percent of $1.6 billion in relief payments mistakenly sent to dead people.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
August 25, 2020 4:58 PM

The Internal Revenue Service plans to send approximately 50,000 “catch-up” economic impact payments.

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Michael Cohn
August 18, 2020 12:12 PM

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury plan to send interest payments averaging $18 to approximately 13.9 million taxpayers.

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