Tax relief

Senate Democrats are sponsoring legislation to safeguard stimulus payments from debt collectors, while Republicans want states to be able to use funds from the new relief package for tax cuts.

The Internal Revenue Service has decided to use its discretion to avoid reducing the size of Economic Impact Payments with tax debts owed to the federal government.

The Internal Revenue Service is pushing back the tax-filing deadline until May 17 after heavy pressure from Congress and tax and accounting groups.

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have distributed more than half of the $410 billion in stimulus payments to individuals that Congress approved earlier this month.

For those with less than $150,000 in adjusted gross income who collected unemployment benefits this past year, the COVID relief bill allows them to receive up to $10,200 of those benefits tax-free.

The Internal Revenue Service posted information about how to correctly compute the new exclusion on a portion of unemployment income as Congress pushes the IRS for further tax-filing relief.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that the third round of Economic Impact Payments will begin hitting taxpayers’ bank accounts as early as this weekend.

Members of Congress are proposing bipartisan legislation to extend the deadline for Paycheck Protection Program loans another two months as accountants press for more time on the expiring program.

The president's first major legislative achievement will offer aid to tens of millions of individuals, businesses, and state and local governments.

Just under a month into federal tax filing season, the IRS reported a 32 percent slide in the number of refunds sent out compared with last year, showcasing delays that have spurred Democrats to call for postponing the traditional April 15 deadline.