Tax refunds

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Michael Cohn
May 22, 2020 2:13 PM

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation to close a loophole in the CARES Act.

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Michael Cohn
May 19, 2020 10:31 AM

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are beginning to send nearly 4 million economic impact payments by prepaid debit card, instead of by paper check or direct deposit.

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Michael Cohn
May 18, 2020 4:42 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is bringing in more help to deal with the flood of calls about economic impact payments.

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By Laura Davison and Wei Lu
May 12, 2020 4:07 PM

Residents of states such as Utah, Idaho and South Dakota collected average stimulus payments topping $1,800.

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Michael Cohn
May 8, 2020 3:37 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers who want to receive their economic impact payments by direct deposit a tight deadline.

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By Laura Davison
May 7, 2020 10:45 AM

The Internal Revenue Service said individuals who got a $1,200 stimulus payment intended for someone who’s deceased or incarcerated should return the money but left open the question of how the agency would enforce that.

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Michael Cohn
May 6, 2020 5:05 PM

The Internal Revenue Service has posted information on how people who weren’t supposed to receive their economic impact payments for the novel coronavirus pandemic should return the money.

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By Laura Davison
April 29, 2020 11:47 AM

The U.S. Treasury Department is planning to instruct people whose deceased relatives received coronavirus stimulus payments to return the money to the federal government, according to a department spokesman.

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Michael Cohn
April 13, 2020 4:52 PM

The Internal Revenue Service posted a set of questions and answers Monday to help companies claim net operating losses and tax credits for prior years so they can get faster tax refunds in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Michael Cohn
April 13, 2020 2:20 PM

The novel coronavirus pandemic has forced the Internal Revenue Service to dramatically scale back operations late in tax-filing season, according to a new report.

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