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Allows Electronic Refunds for Stolen Checks
Recent Bills/Allows Electronic Refunds for Stolen Checks

Allows Electronic Refunds for Stolen Checks

IntroducedFebruary 10, 2025
Passed House1 year ago
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Sitting in the Senate Finance Committee.
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TaxationBank accounts, deposits, capitalTax administration and collection, taxpayers
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Why This Matters

This bill allows taxpayers to receive their replacement tax refunds electronically instead of waiting for a paper check.

If you lose a tax refund check, you can now choose to receive your replacement refund by direct deposit instead of waiting for a paper check.
Who this affects
taxpayers
What changes is this bill making?
  1. 1Taxpayers can choose to receive replacement refunds through direct deposit instead of paper checks.
  2. 2This change helps speed up the process of getting refunds after checks are lost or stolen.
  3. 3The new option will be available within six months of the bill becoming law.
  4. 4The Secretary of the Treasury will create the necessary rules for this process.
Read the detailed summary

Recovery of Stolen Checks Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish procedures that allow an eligible taxpayer to elect to receive by direct deposit a replacement of a federal tax refund amount that was originally issued as a paper check and was lost or stolen. (Currently, taxpayers eligible to receive a replacement of a lost or stolen federal tax refund check are generally issued another paper check.)

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House
Senate
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IntroducedFeb 10, 2025
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HouseMar 31, 2025
SenateCurrent

Sitting in the Senate Finance Committee.

Most bills stop at this point and never get a vote.

President

The President

Donald Trump
President
Awaiting Vote
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