IRS Announces Penalty Relief for Some 2019 & 2020 Returns December 5, 2022 by Katie Junker COVID tax relief: IRS provides broad-based penalty relief for certain 2019 and 2020 returns due to the pandemic; $1.2 billion in penalties being refunded to 1.6 million taxpayers | Internal Revenue ServiceIR-2022-155, August 24, 2022