PaymentAccuracy.gov: Internal Revenue Service - US Coronavirus Refundable Credits

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A PaymentAccuracy.gov program page for the Internal Revenue Service - US Coronavirus Refundable Credits, with the Department of the Treasury as sponsoring agency. It shows program metrics marked "Did not report" for FY 2024 and FY 2025. The page states that the program was determined to be susceptible to significant improper payments in FY 21, and that in August 2022 Treasury decided not to report an improper payment estimate for its COVID-19 pandemic relief programs. It states that in FY 2024 the IRS completed a detailed analysis of more than one million claims related to the Employee Retention Credit. It also states that the IRS has imposed more than 32,000 penalties totaling over $162 million.

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Internal Revenue Service - US Coronavirus Refundable Credits

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Sponsoring agency: Department of the Treasury

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Did not report

in FY 2024

PROGRAM METRICS

Did not report

in FY 2025

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In FY 21, the Internal Revenue Service- US Coronavirus Refundable Credits was determined to be susceptible to significant improper payments. In August 2022 Treasury determined that due to the short-term nature of these programs, quantifying the amount and rate of improper payments, assessing the root cause, and developing corrective action plans to reduce payment errors in the future would provide minimal value and be an ineffective use of resources. Therefore, for its COVID-19 pandemic relief programs Treasury decided it would not report an improper payment estimate either in its Agency Financial Report or on paymentaccuracy.gov. These COVID-19 pandemic relief programs will remain on the three-year risk assessment rotation. In FY 2024, the IRS completed a detailed analysis of more than one million claims related to the Employee Retention Credit, which was the most significant component of the US Coronavirus Refundable Credit fund expenditures and enhanced its filters for detecting invalid claims. Through this process, the IRS denied billions of dollars in improper claims, intensified audits, and pursued civil and criminal investigations of potential improper claims.

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) US Coronavirus Refundable Credits was determined to be susceptible to significant improper payments for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Circular A-123, Appendix C assessment period. In August 2022 Treasury determined that due to the short-term nature of the COVID-19 pandemic relief programs, quantifying the amount and rate of improper payments, assessing the root cause, and developing corrective action plans to reduce payment errors in the future would provide minimal value and be an ineffective use of resources. Therefore, for its COVID-19 pandemic relief programs Treasury decided it would not report an improper payment estimate in its Agency Financial Report or on paymentaccuracy.gov. These COVID-19 pandemic relief programs are on the three-year improper payment risk assessment rotation. In FY 24, the IRS completed a detailed analysis of more than one million claims related to the Employee Retention Credit, which was the most significant component of the US Coronavirus Refundable Credit fund expenditures and enhanced its filters for detecting invalid claims. Through this process, the IRS has imposed more than 32,000 penalties totaling over $162 million, denied improper claims, and continued to alert taxpayers to scams through public communication and targeted outreach

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