The Secretary of the Department of Finance, Francisco Parés, Was confident today that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) approves in the coming days the plan for the distribution of the new $ 600 incentive.
“Today we received this draft from the IRS with the comments and our technical team is already reviewing it. I did not identify that there is anything that will create an even greater delay with the approval of the same. .. In essence, the IRS hosted much of the content of our draft, ”Parés noted through a virtual broadcast.
For his part, Ángel Pantoja, Undersecretary of the Department of Finance, has indicated that he expects to distribute the $ 600 incentive before February 15, prior to the start of the new contributory cycle. “I don’t see any further delay in their approval,” Pantoja assured.
While Roxana Santiago, assistant secretary of Internal Revenue, echoed the expressions of officials and raised that “we are a matter of days” from the approval of the plan to distribute the $ 600.
The agency submitted the distribution plan to the Federal Treasury on December 28, 2020 after Congress approved a new package of economic stimulus in the face of the crisis caused by the pandemic of the COVID-19[feminine.