One of the most consequential realities of the coronavirus pandemic has been the gap between how different the federal and local responses, at different stages of the pandemic, have looked from each other. Various states, cities, and businesses around the country, for example, had already brought back face mask mandates. Ahead, that is, of the …
One of many extraordinary steps the federal government took to combat the coronavirus pandemic, in addition to approving billions of dollars in direct cash payments to Americans, was a temporary ban on the eviction of renters. Additionally, more than one emergency coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress included billions in stimulus rental assistance. Unfortunately, though, …
A few million more stimulus checks are now on their way to US taxpayers. This, granted, is a development that we’ve been reporting for a couple of months now. But this is a stimulus check update that, like the payments themselves, will be recurring, at least through the end of this year. The IRS on …
The Change.org petition to garner 3 million signatures in support of ensuring $2,000 IRS stimulus payments to Americans for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic keeps getting closer to its goal. The tally now stands at more than 2.6 million signatures, as of the time of this writing. Proof, as if any was really needed, …
New stimulus checks were among the signature elements of the March legislation President Biden signed, a $1.9 trillion bill known unofficially as the “American Rescue Plan.” But as we’ve stressed across multiple posts, there’s so much more included in this consequential law that will affect the lives of millions of people. Not just more stimulus …
Now that the stimulus checks have started flowing again, this is a good opportunity to pause and take stock. So much has happened along these lines since President Biden took office and signed an almost incomprehensibly massive $1.9 trillion stimulus package into law. Do you want a recap of what stimulus steps have been taken …
By now, most people are probably aware that a massive new stimulus check program from the IRS began at the end of last week. The tax agency on Thursday started sending out the first of what will be six new stimulus checks between now and the end of this year. The checks are going out …
The federal child tax credit stimulus checks that the IRS started sending out in recent days have attracted significant attention, given how much money they’re providing. Also, because of the fact that there will be subsequent monthly waves through the end of this year. But it’s not the only stimulus effort still to come during …
On Thursday, the federal government transferred the first of several new massive piles of money from its coffers to the bank accounts of tens of millions of Americans. New IRS stimulus checks — for as much as $300 per eligible child — were sent to qualified families as part of an expansion of the federal …
Today is the day for new stimulus payments. Around four months after the passage of the $1.9 trillion stimulus legislation in March, which already gave us a third wave of $1,400 stimulus checks, here comes another round of payments. The IRS on Thursday will begin sending out stimulus checks tied to an expansion of the …
This week was already chock-a-block with stimulus check-related news, before the IRS went ahead and decided to add something more on top of it all. The tax agency on Tuesday announced that nearly 4 million IRS tax refunds are being sent out this week — adjustments, we should add, that are partly related to the …
Ready for another wave of new stimulus checks? We noted yesterday that this week has already given us a bevy of updates along these lines, including word of new stimulus payments coming this fall in California. The IRS is also about to send out a few million tax refunds that are a byproduct of March’s …
