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The Internal Revenue Service announced that nearly 2 million “plus-up” stimulus payments went out this week as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

New advance monthly payments of as much as $300 per child could begin flowing to lower-income families this summer.

Some people are being instructed to return their $1,400 stimulus checks while others have their own reasons to do so.

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued more than 156 million payments as part of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan, but many Americans are still waiting on their third stimulus check.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The pandemic has forced the temporary closure of many federal offices and that’s caused a big problem for a Knoxville woman trying to contact the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS has rejected her tax refund for the year 2020 — and sent her a letter that says her social security number […]

(NEXSTAR) – Americans are proving remarkably reliable in how they are spending their federal stimulus payments. The New York Federal Reserve released a study this week that showed Americans are using most of the money for paying down debt and for savings, with a smaller portion going to actual spending. According to the report, households, […]

A recent poll from Data for Progress found 65% of Americans support the idea of recurring $2,000 payments throughout the pandemic. But would Washington be willing to support something like that?

As 2019 and 2020 tax returns are processed, the IRS will continue to send out the supplemental payments.

The IRS has begun issuing “plus-up payments” along with the third round of stimulus checks.

A fourth stimulus check could lift over 7 million people out of poverty, according to new analysis from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

America’s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen.