Missouri Sues IRS to Acquire Delayed Covid Tax Credit Documents

July 12, 2024, 9:41 PM UTC

The IRS failed to comply with the state attorney general’s request for records about a pandemic tax relief program for businesses, the state of Missouri said in a Friday lawsuit.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey requested in May that the IRS produce communications about its September 2023 decision to stop processing new Employee Retention Credit claims. The IRS unlawfully failed to comply with those requests, his office told the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

The ERC refunds a portion of federal taxes to businesses who kept their employees on payroll while the Covid-19 state of emergency ...

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