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By Naomi Jagoda - 01/06/21 06:00 AM EST
The IRS is kicking off a busy and challenging year by sending out the second round of stimulus payments to tens of millions of Americans.
The agency has already distributed many of the $600 payments just a week after President Trump
Still, the IRS will face challenges in ensuring every eligible American receives their payment. That task comes alongside implementing other tax-related provisions from the $900 billion relief package.
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The new responsibilities come just weeks before the start of what’s expected to be a chaotic tax-filing season due to all the abnormalities in 2020 stemming from the pandemic.
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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: While members of Congress were fighting over the relief bill, mayors and governors from across the U.S. were lobbying hard. Their message - if lawmakers don t include money for state and local governments, it s going to mean deep cuts to services that people count on. Well, the bill that President Trump signed into law this week does not include most of the cash that cities and states were hoping for. Here was New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, at a press conference a couple of weeks ago.
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ANDREW CUOMO: We have been talking about this for months, since before the election. And then after the election, people were supposed to put their politics aside and actually do their job. Apparently, that hasn t happened.