Millions of Americans are starting to see Economic Impact Payments deposited directly in their bank accounts. The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS expect tens of millions of Americans will receive their payments via direct deposit by Wednesday, April 15. These payments are being automatically issued to eligible 2019 or 2018 federal tax return…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS will launch the “Get My Payment” web application by Friday, April, 17th. The FREE app—which will be found at IRS.gov—will allow taxpayers who filed their tax return in 2018 or 2019 but did not provide their banking information on their return to submit direct deposit information. Once…
IRS.gov feature helps people who normally don’t file get payments; second tool next week provides taxpayers with payment delivery date and provide direct deposit information To help millions of people, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today launched a new web tool allowing quick registration for Economic Impact Payments for those who don’t normally file…
The Internal Revenue Service today reminds taxpayers and tax professionals to use electronic options to support social distancing and speed the processing of tax returns, refunds and payments. To protect the public and employees, and in compliance with orders of local health authorities around the country, certain IRS services such as live assistance on telephones,…
The stimulus payments being sent out are REALLY advanced tax credits. I believe eligibility will be based on 2020 taxable income, but the advance payments being sent out will be based on 2019 adjusted gross income (AGI). If you have not filed for 2019, it will be based on 2018 AGI. It is easy to…
Federal student loan borrowers late on their payments have been granted some relief by the Department of Education, which will stop the collections process for federal student loans in default, including wage garnishment actions, which won’t garnish their wages or withhold money from their federal benefits or tax refunds for at least 60 days starting…
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today announced that distribution of economic impact payments will begin in the next three weeks and will be distributed automatically, with no action required for most people. However, some seniors and others who typically do not file returns will need to submit a simple tax return to…
As the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak continues, the Internal Revenue Service is taking multiple steps to protect their employees, America’s taxpayers and their partners. Although they are curtailing some operations during this period, the IRS is continuing with mission-critical functions to support the nation, and that includes accepting tax returns and sending refunds. “As a federal agency…
The Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for filing individual tax returns for 2019 to July 15, 2020 from April 15 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The change came just two days after the agency extended the tax-payment deadline to July 15, 2020. Millions of taxpayers now have an extra three months to…
Some taxpayers have good news and a deposit on the way: The Treasury Department and IRS are sending refund interest payments to about 13.9 million individual taxpayers who filed their 2019 federal income tax returns on time. What is refund interest? The IRS is generally required to add interest to any refunds issued more than…
