Tax refunds

With a resurgence of the coronavirus threatening a nascent rebound of the U.S. economy, the White House and Congress are under increased pressure to come to terms on another round of stimulus.

$1.5 billion is available for taxpayers who didn’t file a federal income tax return.

The IRS still hasn’t found everyone who is due a $1,200 stimulus check from the government, and locating everyone eligible for the payments will be key for any additional pandemic relief Congress may pass later this year.

The head of a federal watchdog agency had some direct experience with the shortcomings of one of the coronavirus stimulus programs — a check from the IRS made out to his late mother.

The federal government’s quick action to issue stimulus payments led to more than a billion dollars of fraudulent payments, according to the GAO.

Taxpayers who are owed a refund may also get a second check this year if they took advantage of the July 15 extended filing deadline, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

Top division officials at the agency share updates on their compliance and service priorities.

The Internal Revenue Service told nursing homes and other care facilities Tuesday that they shouldn’t be seizing their residents’ economic impact payments.

Some multinational companies can generate additional carryback tax loss relief through transfer pricing planning.

The Internal Revenue Service won’t charge people who threw their stimulus money away because they thought the envelope was junk mail.

The class action claims the education secretary violated a congressional ban on collections.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

A timely reminder that not all tax rules have been suspended.