Second Round of Stimulus Payments -- What the House Said

The House of Representatives passed the HEROES* Act last week. It provides for a second round of stimulus payments. See bill at

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. Once again, there appears to be nothing that excludes individuals who died in 2019 but who had filed (by their estate's Personal Representative) on their behalf a 2019 Form 1040. See pages 161 et seq. The bill has the same instruction to the Secretary as before: "The Secretary shall, subject to the provisions of this title, refund or credit any overpayment attributable to this section as rapidly as possible."

The talk is that the Senate will not pass this bill. There may be a compromise bill.

  • "Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act" If the House could take so much trouble to come up with a catchy acronym, one would think it would have included something in the bill stating, 'No advance refund shall go to any individual who died in 2019, as indicated on the deceased individual's 2019 (and final) Form 1040.'
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