ABC News: IRS commissioner says he hopes to clear tax refund backlog by summer

"You know the 14-hundred dollars that they’re going be getting from the previous stimulus check payments - that was a big deal. But the backlog that we’ve seen in the 2019 returns was extremely concerning, and that’s because they really depend on that money,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., told the IRS chief.
Rettig, first nominated by President Donald Trump in 2018 and currently serving a five-year term, implored Americans eligible to receive those $1,400 stimulus checks to send in their taxes.

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