Well, I am really confused here, I was on unemployment in 2020 due to the pandemic, and I filed a return because of that law, "The law waived federal tax on up to $10,200 of unemployment benefits per person", and I got a refund of around $1200, that was about two or so years ago, just today I looked on informed delivery and noticed a piece of mail from IRS, waited for the mail to arrive and I opened the letter, and to my surprise it was a check?
The date on the check is "03 24 23" and it came from Kansas City, MO.
and at the bottom it has "12/2020" TAX REFUND 30
INT $ 434.82
I was shocked to say the least, I then searched on google to see if I was unaware of any rebates / credits, or anything like that, and I came a crossed the "Lookback" Rule, which basically states if the taxpayer lost a job due to the pandemic and was on unemployment in 2020 which I was, that, "if you earned more in 2019, you can “lookback” to use your 2019 income when claiming the EITC on your taxes? I never knew that rule existed? So I know I didn't do nothing to initiate this, did they automatically do it for me?
Or am I missing something here?
Thanks!
