Client (whose return is on extension) gives me their information a
couple of days ago - multiple W-2s and a few other forms but not much to
the return.
Due to their income, they did not receive the full stimulus payments for
round 1 or 2. I told them they could look on IRS website and get thet information.
So, I peruse to the website today so I can tell them what they need to
do to find this information:

PER IRS WEBSITE:
"The first and second Economic Impact Payments no longer appear in Get
My Payment. To find the amounts of these payments, view or create your
online account."

OH GOOD GRIEF - why couldn't they let taxpayers easily access that
information through at least October 15th?

Other clients have told me it is not a very pleasant experience to
create an IRS online account.

Of course, taxpayer didn't keep the Notice 1444 or Notice 1444-B!

I'm not even sure that this was direct deposited - taxpayer has owed
every year for many years - if they did get a check they probably cashed
it ... so no record of a deposit!

Since I'm sure they will owe for 2020 yet again, I'm inclined to simply
enter 0 for these payments and then let the IRS true it up! It is
unlikely they have the money to pay the balance due anyway.

Maybe they will get lucky and IRS will believe that $0 was paid to them
(like a previous poster stating they are getting additional $500 of
these rebates).

Why does this not surprise me about the IRS?

Happy October 15th, 2021 in advance to everyone!

Cathy H
Ellsworth KS

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Cathy <chtax@eaglecom.net> wrote in news:sk8ddk$1rke$1@gioia.aioe.org:

Other clients have told me it is not a very pleasant experience to
create an IRS online account.

From what I could tell, opening the account works like opening an online Social Security account, and they use the credit reporting bureaus as a

means of authentication. But in my case I have a freeze on my credit so
it doesn't work. In IRS case they sent me a letter for authentication.
For SSA it seems like the only way is to go in person to an SSA office.
I wanted to open the IRS account because "wheres my refund" never
returned any info, and I was hoping maybe more was available via the
account (it wasn't. Eventually it got updated in Sep saying return
received 17 April and refund processed 1 Sep).

scott s.
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