Treasury Department

Some people counting on $1,200 stimulus checks from the government may not see the money until mid-September, according to a House Ways and Means Committee analysis.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have reversed course on requiring senior citizens to file a “simple tax return” in order to receive a stimulus payment as part of the coronavirus package passed by Congress last week.

Federal agencies are increasingly sending incorrect benefit payments to Americans, a government watchdog said as the Internal Revenue Service prepares to send more than $292 billion in direct payments to households as part of the government’s coronavirus response.

The Treasury Department is pushing back the tax payment due dates for wine, beer, distilled spirits, tobacco products, firearms and ammunition excise taxes to offer them more flexibility for businesses that have been negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The world’s largest payment companies are fighting for their own piece of the U.S. coronavirus stimulus: an assignment to help distribute some of the relief money that will be sent to millions of Americans in the coming weeks.

One possible move is getting rid of the limit on state and local tax deductions, or SALT, that was part of the 2017 tax overhaul.

The American Institute of CPAs wants the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to give taxpayers more tax filing and payment relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service posted a frequently asked questions page about the recently announced delay in tax filing and payments until July 15 because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The coalition proposed the federal government set up and fund a central payroll account for small-business payroll processors to use to direct funds to small businesses to keep paying employees.

Two new refundable credits are aimed at immediately and fully reimbursing employers, dollar-for-dollar, for the cost of providing coronavirus-related leave to their employees.