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The Recovery Rebate Credit is a refundable credit for individuals who did not receive one or more Economic Impact Payments (EIP), also known as stimulus payments.

Get information on coronavirus (COVID-19) tax relief for businesses and tax-exempt entities.

Publication 5515-A, Stimulus payments for the Homeless - Generally, you are eligible for a payment if you have a valid Social Security number and cannot be claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer. Same for your qualifying spouse and each of your qualifying dependents.

Publication 5515-A (sp), Stimulus payments for the Homeless (Spanish Version) - Generally, you are eligible for a payment if you have a valid Social Security number and cannot be claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer. Same for your qualifying spouse and each of your qualifying dependents.

December 18, 2023 — Alexandra Crystal Jackson was sentenced in federal court today to 31 months in prison for using the personal information of others to obtain Economic Impact Payments from the IRS and benefit payments from California’s Employment Development Department and spending the proceeds on luxury goods.

July 17, 2023 — An indictment unsealed in federal court today charges Alexandra Crystal McFarland and Demetrius Montre McFarland, a married couple, with participating in a scheme to steal IRS stimulus payments during the COVID-19 pandemic from destitute and vulnerable victims and using the proceeds to purchase a luxury vehicle, jewelry and furniture.

June 24, 2022 — Sheila Denise Dunlap was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison for engaging in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and for aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Mark H. Pearson, and U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Special Agent in Charge Rod Ammari. United States District Judge Susan Illston handed down the sentence.

IR-2021-116, May 19, 2021 — The Internal Revenue Service today continued an ongoing effort to help those experiencing homelessness by reminding people who don’t have a permanent address or a bank account that they may still qualify for stimulus payments and other credits, including the advance Child Tax Credit.

While people with income under a certain amount aren't required to file a tax return because they won't owe any tax, if you qualify for certain tax credits or already paid some federal income tax, the IRS might owe you a refund that you can only get by filing a return.

April 10, 2025 ― The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that William Freeman, IV of Tobyhanna, Pa., was charged by criminal information with one count of wire fraud and one count of making and subscribing a false tax return.