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Where’s My Refund

Go here to find out about your Federal Refund
Go here to find out about your Massachusetts Refund
Go here to find out about your Amended Return

Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)

Required minimum distributions (RMDs) are withdrawals you have to make from most retirement plans when you reach the age of 72 (up from 70 ½). The amount you must distribute depends on the balance in
your account and your life expectancy as defined by the IRS.

You can use the AARP RMD calculator to determing how much you are required to withdraw.
Get updated on the latest IRS RMD rules.
Learn about the 2021 RMD Rules.

Covid-19 Tax Updates:

Will I owe the IRS tax on my stimulus payment?

The short answer: No. In the somewhat longer words of the IRS: “No, the payment is not income and taxpayers will not owe tax on it. The payment will not reduce a taxpayer’s refund or increase the amount they owe when they file their 2020 tax return next year. https://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/info-2020/are-stimulus-checks-taxed.html

Will I have to pay taxes on unemployment stimulus?

May 1, 2020

Unemployment benefits are generally not tax free (unlike the stimulus checks also approved under the CARES Act). Any money you receive from the federal or state government unemployment fund is included in your gross income and taxed at your ordinary income rate.

Is the $600 unemployment tax free? No, it’s taxed with other benefits …

https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/is-the-600-unemployment-tax-free-2020-5

Does unemployment count as income towards social security?

Sep 3, 2020

Jobless benefits are not counted as wages under Social Security’s annual earnings limit, which can reduce Social Security benefits for people who claim them before reaching full retirement age and continue to work. Only income from work counts against the earnings test.

Can You Collect Unemployment and Social Security? – AARP

https://www.aarp.org/retirement/social-security/questions-answers/collect-unemployment-benefits-and-social-security.html

IRS announces rollover relief for required minimum distributions from retirement accounts that were waived under the CARES Act

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-rollover-relief-for-required-minimum-distributions-from-retirement-accounts-that-were-waived-under-the-cares-act

IRS: Seniors, retirees not required to take distributions from retirement accounts this year under new law.