During COVID, if you got dinged for penalties for late filing, late IRS payments or for interest on an outstanding debt, WATAX can help you recover those funds.
Two recent court decisions (Abdo 2024 and Kwong 2025) established that the entire COVID-19 period (from January 20, 2020 thru July 10, 2023) should have been considered a mandatory suspension of tax deadlines for US taxpayers. BUT - The IRS largely ignored this and kept charging interest and penalties anyway!
That means millions of taxpayers were overcharged, and the window to recover those amounts closes July 10, 2026 for most 2019–2022 returns.
Anyone who had penalties or underpayment interest assessed during that window has a potential claim to recoup that money.
Our strategy to get that money back to you:
- Research your IRS record
- Identify if you are eligible to file such a claim
- Determine how much you are eligible for in rebate
- Represent you to the IRS
- Direct funds to your accounts - usually in the form of a reduction to the amount you currently owe to the IRS
You need to act quickly as the upcoming July 10, 2026 deadline is hard. Miss it and you miss the ability to recover those penalties!
WATAX has already assisted multiple clients in reducing there debt considerably. Find out if we can help you too!
