Author: Andy

This was what one reader wrote, which inspired the title of this article, “I filed 2/13 and was accepted same day. But then no updates for several weeks. I called several times and was eventually sent to the IRS error and resolution department where my …

This is a question a few readers have been asking following the recent extension of federally funded enhancement benefit programs (PUA, PEUC and FPUC) to September 6th. There are already talks of further extensions to the end of 2021, but this won’t be confirmed till …

Millions of American’s have been relying on unemployment benefits over the last year as their primary source of income following COVID related job losses. This has also meant a growing number of jobless or underemployed folks on unemployment have or are about to reach the …

The IRS is aware that several people have updated taxable income (AGI) and dependent information in their 2020 tax filings. As a result the IRS is now processing, via their latest payment batch, additional or plus-up extra stimulus payments for tax filers who had earlier …

With one of the busiest tax seasons on record the IRS is caught between paying out the latest round of stimulus payments – $1400 per adult and $1400 per qualifying dependent (and this time adult dependents are included) – and processing 2020 tax refunds for millions of tax filers. …

While the IRS says that most refunds will be paid in 21 days, many tax filers find that it could take much longer. Coupled with known IRS backlogs and processing issues, the wait time to get your refund could stretch into weeks. Below is a …

[Updated following DOL Guidelines] We finally have an official answer to the question in this article and earlier discussion around how many weeks are actually in the ARP bill that funded the second extension of enhanced unemployment benefits. The Department of Labor (DOL) has acknowledged …

I have been seeing a lot of comments from readers around IRS Tax Topic Codes they are seeing on the Where is My Refund (WMR) IRS refund tracking website, IRS2Go app or even on their IRS transcript. Many of the IRS Tax Topics are based …

While many have hailed the new unemployment tax breaks and expanded child tax credit in the Biden Stimulus Plan (ARP) as a boon to lower and middle income households, there is a concern that the IRS will have a tough time implementing and making payments …

Under the now approved Biden administration’s nearly $2 trillion stimulus package, also known as the American Rescue Plan (ARP), provisions have been added to provide relief for lower income and middle class Americans to save on Health Insurance if they are out of a job, and …

Under the Biden Stimulus (ARP) package which funded another round of unemployment benefit extensions, there was a late provision added that provided a tax break on unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. This was added as a compromise to appease factions of the Democratic party who wanted …

With President Biden and Congressional Democrats still working overtime to pass their $1.9 Trillion dollar stimulus package, which includes additional stimulus check payments and a further 24-week extension to federal enhanced unemployment benefits – PUA, PEUC and FPUC programs – many are worried that the …