Their checks to the U.S. Treasury were cashed nearly a year ago. But taxpayers say they’re now receiving letters from the Internal Revenue Service asking them to immediately file their 2020 federal income tax returns.
Yes, copies of their 2020 returns. Yes, the same paper returns they filed last spring.
“Please file today,” the letter begins. “Send your signed return to the address shown above. We’ll assign the credit to the tax you owe and refund any over payment if you owe no other taxes or obligations.”
Is this another scam?
Yes, some readers who contacted me wondered whether this could be some sort of scam.
“It wasn’t a text message. It wasn’t an email. It was a letter,” said Anne Hovell, 72, who recently received the IRS letter dated Jan. 24.
