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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Edward Helmore

A million US taxpayers to get pandemic-era stimulus checks worth up to $1,400

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington, in 2014. Photograph: J David Ake/AP

US tax authorities have announced that special, $1,400 payments are going out to 1 million taxpayers who did not claim under the 2021 recovery rebate scheme, in what may be a final installment of pandemic-era stimulus checks.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said in an advisory that the disbursements were a “special step” after a review found that many eligible taxpayers who did not receive one or more Economic Impact Payments (EIP), also known as stimulus payments.

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