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Sept. 25, 2023 ¡ª Pursuant to the requirements of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, refund payments issued to, and refund offset transactions for certain state and local government filers claiming refundable credits under section 6431 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) applicable to certain qualified bonds are subject to sequestration.

IR-2022-66, March 25, 2022 ¡ª Unclaimed income tax refunds totaling almost $1.5 billion may be waiting for an estimated 1.5 million taxpayers who did not file a 2018 Form 1040 federal income tax return, but people must act before the April tax deadline, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

Publication 5866 (sp), New Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Checklist (Spanish Version) - The Inflation Reduction Act includes a tax credit for qualifying new clean vehicles ¨C and it can result in major savings. If you¡¯ve been in the market for a vehicle, now is the perfect time to take advantage of these major savings opportunities for new clean vehicles.

Publication 5866-A (sp), Used Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Checklist (Spanish Version) - The Inflation Reduction Act includes a tax credit for qualifying used clean vehicles ¨C and it can result in major savings. If you¡¯ve been in the market for a vehicle, now is the perfect time to take advantage of these major savings opportunities for used clean vehicles.

Publication 6066, 48E(h) Successor-in-Interest Transfer Request User Guide is made available to taxpayers to help submit transfer applications for the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Amount program tax credit on an online portal developed between Department of Energy and IRS. This bonus energy credit was enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

Publication 6069, 48(e) Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program FAQs is made available to taxpayers to help submit applications for the Section 48(e) Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program on an online portal developed between Department of Energy and IRS. This bonus energy credit was enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

June 23, 2022 ¡ª Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Matthew Sidney Geouge, of Hendersonville, N.C., to one year and one day in prison for conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act by selling more than 14,000 illegal devices that defeat required vehicle emissions control systems, also known as ¡°defeat devices,¡± announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Geouge was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release, six months of which will be in home confinement, and to pay a civil penalty of $1.3 million to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and $1.2 million in restitution to the IRS. In addition to the Clean Air Act violation, Geouge was also sentenced for tax evasion.

Section 501, Division N, of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, enacted December 27, 2020, allows States and political subdivisions, U.S. territories, Indian Tribes, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (¡°Distributing Entity¡±) to use certain funds allocated by the Department of the Treasury to provide financial assistance to households to pay rent, utilities, home energy expenses, and other related expenses.? Section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, enacted March 11, 2021, appropriates additional funds for States, political subdivisions, and U.S. territories to provide financial assistance to households to pay rent, utilities, home energy expenses, and other related expenses.?Payments under either provision are referred to as ¡°Emergency Rental Assistance¡± in the following questions and answers.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª A resident of Queens, New York, was sentenced in federal court to six years of imprisonment on his conviction for violating federal narcotics laws related to a six-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around Blair, Cambria, Centre, and Clearfield counties of Pennsylvania, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.

Feb. 20, 2025 ¡ª Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Yanquee Rodriguez, also known as ¡°Yankster Rodriguez,¡± of West Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a catalytic converter theft conspiracy.