What’s keeping your stimulus check?
We’ve been trying to keep our readers informed about the economic impact payments that most taxpayers are set to receive. However, one of the questions we keep receiving is “Why haven’t I received my payment yet?” While we can’t tell everyone what’s going on with each individual payment, we can at least try to tell our readers the most common reasons why payments have not been received yet.
The most common reason is that the IRS hasn’t issued the payment yet. Due to the massive scope of this undertaking, some payments may not be released for months. If you go to the IRS’s Get My Payment tool and you receive the ‘payment status not available’ message, that could mean a few things. It could be because you entered your information incorrectly. Be careful when entering your information to make sure you haven’t made a typo. If you’ve filed your 2019 taxes but they haven’t been processed by the IRS yet, that could also hold up your stimulus payment. Your payment could also be delayed if your bank is having to deal with additional demands due to the stimulus payments.
However, what you may not know is that if you filed your taxes through a professional service like H&R Block, your payment may be sent by mail. If you used a service that allowed you to get an advance on your tax refund, there’s a good chance that the IRS does not have your banking information on file. Those services often use debit cards that are attached to temporary bank accounts. If the temporary account is closed the payment will be rejected and then you’ll have to wait for a paper check.
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Please keep in mind that not everyone is going to get their stimulus payment right away and you should plan your current finances accordingly.
(H/T CNet)
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Bonnie Cantley Williams 9:39 am on April 24, 2020 Permalink
ON SOCIAL SECURITY .NOT REQUIRED TO PAY TAXES.WHEN WILL I GET MY STIMULUS CHECK?
Pamela J Martinez 9:12 pm on April 25, 2020 Permalink
I wanted to enter my payment information for direct deposit for my stimulus money. Filed 2019 tax return, no refund, no money owed. Cannot hit submit because I did not mark refund or money owed. What can I do?
Geebo 11:53 am on April 26, 2020 Permalink
While we, unfortunately, don’t have the answer for every situation from what we understand, people on disability will receive their stimulus payment the same way they receive their disability payments.
This is according to the AARP.
https://www.aarp.org/retirement/social-security/info-2020/ssi-eligibility-stimulus-checks.html
Geebo 11:55 am on April 26, 2020 Permalink
From what we understand, when submitting your banking info you can select one of those options and input $0.00 as the amount.
Juanita May 9:09 pm on April 26, 2020 Permalink
I am on SSDI And SSI.when will I Receive my Stimulus check.
Geebo 8:23 am on April 27, 2020 Permalink
From what we understand, payments should start to go out this week.
Rahmere Cannady 1:59 pm on April 30, 2020 Permalink
I filed 2018 and didn’t get my federal tax return or no 2020 stiumlus
Geebo 2:43 pm on April 30, 2020 Permalink
According to reports, payments are still in the process of being issued.