Confusing letter from the IRS.

[euphorb]

I received a confusing letter from the IRS in today's mail. It was dated today and told me that a COVID impact payment had been authorized for direct deposit into my account

But the amount stated was much less than I had been expecting. It also said if it hasn't been received in 7 days, I could contact the IRS at the number provided or go to "Where's My Payment" at the IRS website.

A closer look revealed that this letter refers to the PREVIOUS impact payments sent out in December, not to the one expected under the bill signed into law yesterday, and was sent for the purpose of confirming that the amount of that payment is not to be included in income on the 2020 tax returns.

So the letter is in fact completely correct and accurate, but the timing is terrible.

What genius at the IRS decided to send this letter out, written in legalese, at exactly the same time as the new COVID stimulus payments are about to go out and are expected by 85% of the people in the country and have that in mind?

I can only expect this will cause mass confusion and that the IRS will be flooded with what should be unnecessary calls.

[Comfortably_Numb]

1. Dejoy delays again....

[lagomorph777]

7. Bingo.

[riversedge]

2. I got a letter about a week ago-talking of the deposit that was done first week in Jan.

The amount was the six hundred. which was what it was suppose to be. I just figured the letter went out late.

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

3. Yeah I got that same letter last week

it was about the last stimulus payment, but I can see your point about Americans being confused. Next thing you know people are on twitter crying, right wing media picks the story up, and the narrative is that “Biden lied about our checks”...but the true story won’t be cleaned up once they realize their mistake

[Maeve]

4. Mom got a similarly confusing letter a couple of weeks ago

Dejoy delays

[brush]

5. I got one too a couple of weeks ago. Must be the postal delay.

It's a bit upsetting as I'm one of the ones who they send a check to, which I don't know why since they have my bank info.

My checks always come later than all my friends who get direct deposit.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. I got the same letter a week or so ago. Odd that they'd wait that long.

I can't blame DeJoy for this one, though. The letter was dated about a week before I received it, and the $600 had already been deposited back in December. Mailed from Austin, TX, received in Rome, GA.

[PSPS]

8. My $600 debit card arrived 1/15 and I received that letter, dated 2/18, about 3/5. Dejoy.

FYI, a lot of bill payments I send as well as checks I receive are taking an extra week to get delivered. Dejoy.

[Beringia]

11. Ditto, very confusing. I researched it for 1/2 hour. Thank goodness DU has a post about it

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. I got that same letter, but probably in January, about two weeks

after I'd gotten that stimulus deposit.

[Vinca]

10. We got one of those, too, and it confused the heck out of me. We got a check back in January.

It was very strange, but as soon as I figured out it must have been referring to that check I threw it away.