Category: Delay

IRS Issues Long-Awaited Clarification on Taxing Stimulus Checks After Urging Americans to Delay Filing

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has at long last issued guidance about how to handle state stimulus payments, which comes about a week after it issued an alert advising millions of taxpayers to delay filing tax returns until it provides “additional clarification” about the payments’ taxability. In a statement issued late Friday, the IRS said that…


Passengers Stuck on Amtrak Train for 37 Hours

More than 500 passengers on an Amtrak train traveling from the Washington D.C. area to Florida had to spend 37 hours on board their train due to a rail derailment on its route. The Amtrak Auto Train departed at 5.30 pm Monday from Lorton, Va., and was expected to reach its destination in Sanford, Fla.,…


Neuralink’s ‘Show & Tell’ Delayed by One Month, Elon Musk Says

Billionaire Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday pushed back by a month the date for Neuralink’s “show & tell” event to Nov. 30 and did not provide further information. The chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Inc. and rocket developer SpaceX said in August that the event would be held on Oct….


Air Canada, Pearson Again Rank No.1 in Delays Worldwide; Montreal Check-In Freezes

Air Canada and Toronto’s Pearson airport again claimed the top spots for flight delays on Tuesday, marking at least four days in a row where the country’s biggest airline has placed No. 1 of any large carrier worldwide. Air Canada saw 65 percent of its flights arrive late, while Jazz Aviation, which provides regional service…


Apple Delays Return to Office Indefinitely: Bloomberg News

Apple Inc. is delaying its return to office plans indefinitely, Bloomberg News reported, while the company said it has temporarily closed three stores in the United States and Canada after a rise in COVID-19 cases and exposures among the stores’ employees. The company’s employees were previously set to return to offices on Feb. 1, according…


House Democrats Raise Alarm on Slow Stimulus Checks to Social Security Recipients and Others

While around 90 million Americans have already received their third-round stimulus checks, reports of delays for millions of others have prompted Democrat lawmakers to press the heads of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) to explain the holdup—and get the funds out faster. “The people need their money now,” the House…


New Mexico GOP Accuses Secretary of State of Withholding Election Records From Trump

The New Mexico Republican Party is accusing the state’s Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver of “partisan political games” by intentionally delaying the release of election records requested by President Donald Trump’s campaign. Trump’s legal team on Dec. 17 filed an Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) request with the New Mexico Secretary of State, asking…