Submitted By: someone
Answered: April 29, 2020 11:01 pm

My Economic Impact Payment was sent to the wrong account. What can I do?

The IRS has not yet provided guidance on what to do if checks are mailed to the wrong address or deposited into the wrong accounts. Eventually everything will be straightened out. This problem illustrates the need to inform the IRS of any change of address since the last return was filed by submitting Form 8822. Correcting bank account information is another matter that’s yet to be clarified.

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Tax Glossary

Accelerated depreciation

Depreciation methods that allow faster write-offs than straight-line rates in the earlier periods of the useful life of an asset. For example, in the first few years of recovery, MACRS allows a 200% double declining balance write-off, twice the straight-line rate.

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