IRS delays are blocking Americans from getting thousands of dollars in returns. They're struggling to keep their homes, afford childcare, and feed their families.
in 2015, 2016, or 2017, about half who received tax refunds got more money back from the IRS than what they already had in their bank accounts, and their spending tripled in the week after the deposit.Abriam, 23, is a part-time college student in California hoping to go into the health field. Right now he's financially independent and works as a valet. He filed an amended return in May and still hasn't received the about $2,200 he's owed.
"The refund definitely makes a big difference," he said, adding that it would mean he wouldn't have to work as often to pay for school or things like his internet bill. "I have to take more time away from school, and I can't do as much as I would be wanting to in terms of school and even my personal life, taking care of my mental health and whatnot and emotional well-being," Abriam said."It definitely makes a big impact on those."Grant, a 38-year-old in Wyoming who described herself as a lunch lady, is still waiting on nearly $9,000 from an amended return filed in April and supplemented with additional paperwork in May.
She said she was trying to come up with the funds to keep her house and pay her bills. She's tried calling the IRS at least once a month, she said, once waiting six hours to talk to someone.to handle 240 million calls coming in — amounting to roughly one person for every 16,000 calls.
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