There are pros and cons to either filing your taxes now or holding off a few more weeks in terms of the proposal for $1,400 stimulus payments. As Democrats push forward with crafting the next massive coronavirus economic relief package, key details surrounding the third stimulus check are coming into focus. Taxes are going to…
Two items in the COVID relief package affect how much money the government will send parents to cover their children in 2021. Inside the COVID relief package that could be voted on by the full House as early as next week, there are two different dollar amounts that involve children and their parents that people are talking…
If your $600 stimulus payment (also referred to as the second economic impact payment, or EIP2) still hasn’t arrived in your bank account or mailbox, you may be wondering if you should wait to file your tax return. After all, you’ve likely heard of the Recovery Rebate Credit (RRC) by now, which lets taxpayers claim missing stimulus…
Now that many taxpayers have received (and most likely spent) their Economic Impact Payments (EIPs), they’re wondering how that extra cash is going to affect tax returns in the winter and spring of 2021. Let’s go over the basics and some common questions about how your stimulus payment will affect your 2020 taxes. How do…
If your stimulus check is lost in the mail, or something else happens to it before you get it, you can ask the IRS to trace your payment. It’s bad enough if a new shirt you ordered on Amazon gets lost in the mail – but you’re really going to get mad if the post…
Millions of taxpayers have not received their 2nd stimulus check who used online services. Their 2nd stimulus check may have been sent to the wrong bank account. The IRS apparently sent payments to more than thirteen million bank accounts that have been closed and are no longer valid. The bank accounts were set up by…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS launched the “Get My Payment” web application. The FREE app allows taxpayers who filed their tax return in 2018 or 2019 but did not provide their banking information on either return to submit direct deposit information. Once they do, they will get their Economic Impact Payments deposited directly in…
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…
