国税局表示,在最初的问题之后,它正在向纳税人支付更多的第二轮救济金。
12月底,政府开始向每个符合条件的成年人和受抚养人发放价值600美元的补助。
然而,许多人把他们的税一家在线准备服务公司最初发现,他们的报酬并没有直接支付给他们。这是因为钱可能已经被送到了一个由报税人建立的临时银行账户,而这个账户已经不再有效。根据法律规定,金融机构必须退回已关闭或不活跃账户的款项。
虽然没有准确的数据来衡量这种情况发生的频率,但国家消费者法律中心估计,多达2000万美国人可能受到了行政问题的影响。
一些税务准备公司表示,他们能够解决这些问题。H&R布洛克称,截至1月6日(上周三),其客户付款已得到处理。除了特殊情况,H&R布洛克称其客户应该已经收到了付款。TurboTax表示,受错误影响的客户的付款已于周五存入。
国税局周二表示,它在周末努力帮助一小部分受影响的纳税人,并正在为账户可能已关闭的合格纳税人重新支付款项。这些重新发行的付款可能以直接存款或邮件的形式出现——要么是纸质支票,要么是借记卡。
它没有衡量有多少纳税人到期或已经收到这些重新支付的款项。
国税局重申,纳税人通过其“获取我的付款”工具在网上看到的信息可能不准确,因为他们在更新中工作。
大多数符合条件的纳税人不需要采取任何行动就能拿到这笔钱。虽然国税局继续支付款项,但那些没有收到款项或收到不足金额的合格纳税人,可以在提交2020年纳税申报表时,使用恢复退税信用进行索赔。
IRS gets more relief payments out after delays
The IRS said that after initial problems, it is getting more of the second round of relief payments to taxpayers.
The government began distributing the payments, worth $600 per eligible adult and dependent, at the end of December.
However, many people who filed theirtaxeswith an online preparation service initially found that their payment did not make it to them directly. That is because money may have been sent to a temporary bank account established by the tax preparer, which is no long active. By law, the financial institution must return payments sent to closed or inactive accounts.
While there is no exact measure of how often this happened, the National Consumer Law Center estimates that up to 20 million Americans may have been impacted by the administrative issue.
A number of tax preparation companies said that they were able to resolve the issues. H&R Block said its customer payments were processed as of last Wednesday, January 6. Aside from special cases, H&R Block said its customers should have received their payments already. TurboTax said that payments for customers affected by the error were deposited on Friday.
The IRS said Tuesday that it worked over the weekend to help a smaller set of impacted taxpayers and is reissuing payments for eligible taxpayers whose accounts may have been closed. Those reissued payments may come in the form of a direct deposit or by mail — either as a paper check or debit card.
It did not have a measure of how many taxpayers are due or have received these reissued payments.
The IRS reiterated that the information taxpayers see online with its Get My Payment tool may not be accurate as they work through the updates.
No action is needed for most eligible taxpayers to get the payment. While the IRS continues to deliver the payments, those eligible taxpayers who don’t receive a payment, or received an insufficient amount, can claim it using the Recovery Rebate Credit when they file their 2020 tax return.