Who thought back on March 13, 2020, that we’d still be dealing with the coronavirus four years later? Not me, but here we are, even though the official federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ended on May 11, 2023.
At least we’re beyond serious, widespread outbreaks. Yes, people are still catching COVID-19, mostly those who refuse to vaccinate. That’s why I still wear a mask in public. And get my boosters.
How the virus affected taxes also is hanging on. The Internal Revenue Service is still dealing with the aftermath of well-meant tax breaks. The biggest problem is that many of the benefits to help individuals and businesses financially survive the pandemic shutdowns are still being used by crooks.
So, I’ll keep track of lingering COVID tax matters and future ones that might occur here, on the ol’ blog’s sixth Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Taxes page. If you want to check out previous COVID-related tax posts, you can head on over to the original page with the March-July 2020 designation, the second page with posts from August-December 2020, page number three’s coverage of January-December 2021, the January-December 2022 iteration, or last year’s …and so it continues into 2023.
I won’t challenge the health or tax gods by predicting whether this will be the last COVID page. But I will note that while there are, for now, six COVID and taxes pages, a couple of things are on all of them.
First, the items are listed with the most recent post first.
Secondly, this page, like its COVID predecessors, starts off with posts from Don’t Mess With Taxes because, well, it’s my blog! Then the other sections with coronavirus links from official government websites, professional associations, law and accounting firms, and tax policy think tanks follow.
OK, enough with the housekeeping. Let’s get to this sixth (and final; OK, I did it, I did tempt the medical powers that be!) collection of coronavirus tax+ matters with a quick caveat. I’m pulling a few from the 2023 page as they also are of interest in 2024.
- IRS sending up to $1,400 to 1 million who missed out on COVID stimulus checks in 2021 (Dec. 22, 2024)
- ERC voluntary disclosure deadline is Nov. 22, but third-party consolidated claim process extended to Dec. 31 (Nov. 12, 2024; updated Nov. 21, 2024)
- IRS processing 400,000 ERC claims worth $10 billion (Oct. 13, 2024)
- ERC denial letters arriving as senators seek to expedite or eliminate the business tax credit (Sept. 26, 2024)
- Welcome, but limited, tax-free workplace help in paying down student loans (Aug. 28, 2024)
- The Child Tax Credit might eventually be upped; until then, here are claiming rules for 2024 (Aug. 22, 2024)
- ERC claimants get second chance to disclose, and pay back, improper amounts (Aug. 15, 2024)
- 50,000 ERC payments to go out in September, says IRS (Aug. 8, 2024)
- Treasury details COVID-relief airline warrant amounts (July 31, 2024)
- 5 new warning signs your ERC claim might be wrong (July 29, 2024)
- IRS warns of fake Self Employment Tax Credit claims touted on social media (July 15, 2024)
- Treasury gets $556M from COVID relief airline warrants (June 23, 2024)
- Some ERC payments could go out later this summer, says IRS (June 20, 2024)
- IRS receives 1 millionth uploaded tax document (June 9, 2024)
- IRS issues last call to collect $1 billion in unclaimed 2020 tax year refunds (May 13, 2024)
- Moms still waiting on this Mother’s Day for increased Child Tax Credit gift from Congress (May 12, 2024)
- IRS ERC compliance efforts tops $1 billion (March 24, 2024)
- 7 warning signs you filed an incorrect ERC claim (March 18, 2024)
- March 22 is deadline to apply for IRS ERC voluntary disclosure program (March 14, 2024)
- May 17, 2024, is deadline for nonfilers to claim 2020 COVID cash (March 7, 2024)
- Signs you should consider withdrawing your employee retention tax credit claim (Feb. 17, 2024)
- COVID task force PPP investigation results in 2 more convictions (Feb. 16, 2024)
- IRS welcomes voluntary disclosure of dubious ERC claims (Dec. 22, 2023)
- Nearly 5 million taxpayers to get $1 billion in IRS penalty relief due to COVID-paused tax notices (Dec. 19, 2023)
- Crypto fraud, international scheming, greedy families: All are in IRS CI’s top 10 tax crime cases of 2023 (Dec. 15, 2023)
There also are some posts since the beginning of the pandemic that tangentially reference COVID-19’s effects on taxes, but not enough so to make the official coronavirus cut for inclusion on this or the other pages.
If you’re interested in seeing those, you can browse the Coronavirus COVID-19 category. The posts above (as well as those on the other coronavirus pages) will show up, too, but just keep scrolling to find others that didn’t make this coronavirus tax specific list.
Now to other off-blog resources.
As noted at the top of this page, the official federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ended in May. With that expiration date, many sites ended or scaled back their coronavirus postings. Some official government sites, however, continue to offer advice. The image above recommends Coronavirus.gov, which goes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID page. It’s also part of the government sites list below.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS): Coronavirus Tax Relief and Economic Impact Payments
Treasury: How the Treasury Department is Taking Action
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Coronavirus – What the FTC is Doing
Health and Human Services (HHS): COVID-19 Portal
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): A guide to COVID-19 economic stimulus relief
Department of Education (Ed): COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response (note the rumor control section)
U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS): Coronavirus/COVID-19 Related Scams
At the height of the pandemic, other tax-focused professional and industry sites followed the virus-related tax changes. Now, however, they are effectively dated, if not deleted, so I’ve excised that listing from this 2024 page.
However, since COVID-19 is still around, you can find medical coronavirus resource links below.
Need help finding a coronavirus vaccine in the United States?
Call 1-800-232-0233
or TTY 1-888-720-7489.
More information and resources at:
CDC Vaccines
CDC Booster Shots
HHS Combat COVID
USA.Gov COVID Info
Taxes are important, but they are just taxes. The well-being of everyone and your families is everything, the only thing. Stay safe!
First COVID-19 resource page posted April 4, 2020
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