IRS Issues Long-Awaited Clarification on Taxing Stimulus Checks After Urging Americans to Delay Filing

IRS Issues Long-Awaited Clarification on Taxing Stimulus Checks After Urging Americans to Delay Filing
A stimulus check issued by the IRS is seen in San Antonio, Texas, on April 23, 2020. Eric Gay/AP Photo/File
Tom Ozimek
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The IRS finally has issued guidance about how to handle state stimulus payments, which comes about a week after it issued an alert advising millions of taxpayers to delay filing tax returns until it provided “additional clarification” about the payments’ taxability.

In a statement issued late on Feb. 10, the IRS stated that most relief checks issued by states last year aren’t subject to federal taxes.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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