UPDATE 05/11/2020:
Taxpayers must act soon for direct deposit of stimulus payments. The Internal Revenue Service says taxpayers for whom the IRS does not have direct deposit information should go to the Get My Payment website and enter that information by noon Wednesday 05/13/2020 so they receive their stimulus payment electronically. After that time, eligible taxpayers will have to wait for a paper check.
The Get My Payment application will return “Payment Status Not Available” for several reasons. Click here for more information: Payment Status Not Available.
Distribution of Economic Impact Checks:
Checks started distributing April 12, 2020. Eligible taxpayers who filed tax returns for 2019 or 2018 will receive the payments automatically.
The IRS has built Get My Payment, This web tool is available as of 04/15/2020. The tool is supposed to let you:
- Check the status of your stimulus payment;
- Confirm your payment type: paper check or direct deposit;
- Get a projected direct deposit or paper check delivery date (or find out if a payment hasn’t been scheduled); and
- Enter your bank account information for direct deposit if the IRS doesn’t have your direct deposit information and they haven’t sent your payment yet.
Get My Payment tool allows you to provide your bank account information so that you can receive your payment more quickly rather than waiting for a paper check. If the Economic Impact Payment has already been scheduled for delivery, this feature will be unavailable. If you’re married and filed a joint return, you may be getting a paper check if the IRS doesn’t have information for a joint bank account.
For detailed information about the Economic Impact Payments aka Stimulus check aka Relief checks to our CARES Act document and review Section for Individual Provisions.
Update 05/01/2020 – $500 Supplementary Economic Impact Payment for Dependents
Not all who should have recieved a $500 relief check for dependents did. It seems there have been technical glitches in the IRS payment systems how it handles dependent information and the system can not always identify the dependents. There are a variety of reasons for this happening.
Currently there is little recourse for most people trying to resolve this issue with the IRS. The agency is not taking calls on this topic. Their automated call system will refer you to their website. The Economic Impact Payment letter which may outline the stimulus check payment details and should provide a way to follow-up on missing or incorrect payments.
The IRS said Wednesday in an updated post on irs.gov that those who did not receive the full amount of their expected stimulus payment, including the supplementary $500 child dependent payment, will need to claim the additional amount when they file their 2020 tax return.
If you receive Supplemental Security Income or Veterans Affairs benefits and didn’t file a tax return for 2018 or 2019, you have until Tuesday to notify the IRS of the $500 payment per dependent child under 17. If you miss the deadline to register dependent children, you will still get your $1,200 payment but will have to wait until next year to get the additional $500 when you file a 2020 tax return. The Tuesday deadline is only applicable to SSI and VA beneficiaries who need to let the IRS know they have dependents eligible for the $500.
“Yes, in some situations. Get My Payment cannot update direct deposit bank account information after an Economic Impact Payment has been scheduled for delivery. To help protect against potential fraud, the tool also does not allow people to change direct deposit bank account information already on file with the IRS. However, people who did not use direct deposit on their last tax return to receive a refund, or when their direct deposit information was inaccurate and resulted in a refund check, will be able to provide that information and speed their payment with a deposit into their bank account.” IRS.gov
To add bank account information, you will also need to provide:
- Your adjusted gross income from the most recent tax return you filed (either your 2019 or 2018 return);
- The refund or amount owed from your latest filed tax return;
- The type of your bank account (e.g., savings or checking); and
- Your bank account and routing numbers.
The “Get My Payment” tool cannot update bank account information after your stimulus check has been scheduled for delivery.
To help protect against potential fraud, the tool also doesn’t allow people to change bank account information already on file with the IRS.
The IRS plans to mail a letter to each taxpayer’s last known address within 15 days after the payment was made. The letter will contain information on how the amount was calculated, and it will include instructions on how to appeal if the amount was incorrect and how they can report a failure to receive a payment.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says it will not garnish stimulus checks for back taxes. It will, however, take money from your payment if you’re behind on child support.
Taxpayers who don’t usually file a tax return can access the IRS NEW WEB TOOL.
This is a collaberation between the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department to allow non-filers to get the Economic Impact Payment. This information allows the IRS to calculate your eligibility and send you the Economic Impact Payment.
This IRS NEW WEB TOOL is available only on IRS.gov.
You should use this tool if:
- You have not filed a 2018 or 2019 return because you are under the normal income limits for filing a tax return.
- You receive veterans’ disability compensation, pension, or survivor benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and you did not file a tax return for the 2018 or 2019 tax years. Currently, the IRS has not extended automatic direct deposit to this group. Howevever, they are working on this option.
- You are a Social Security, SSDI, and Railroad Retirement beneficiary with qualifying dependents. You will automatically receive your $1,200 Economic Impact Payment, but if you have qualifying children under age 17, you can use the tool to claim the $500 payment per child.
Do not use this tool if:
- you earned more than $75,000 ($150,000 for joint returns and $112,500 for heads of household). This is adjusted gross income (AGI), not taxable income.
- You are a Social Security, SSDI, and Railroad Retirement beneficiary without any qualifying dependents.
- Your direct deposit information is already on file with the IRS.
- You are a student or other dependent. If someone else claimed you on their tax return, you will not be eligible for the Economic Impact Payment or using the Non-Filer tool.
If You Expect to Receive Your Stimulus Money Via the Mail
If you do have to wait for a paper check to arrive via the mail, you can be alerted before it’s delivered by signing up for USPS Informed Delivery.
When you opt into Informed Delivery, you’ll receive daily emails in the morning with scans of all first-class mail that will be delivered to your address later that day. You can sign up for Informed Delivery here.
Using Informed Delivery will let you know that your check was supposed to arrive even if you don’t find it in your mailbox — whether it was misdelivered or stolen. If you don’t get your check, you can follow up with the postal service or the IRS.
Check on your Tax Refund
To check the status of your Federal refund click here: Where’s My Federal Refund
To check the status of your North Carolina refund click here: Where’s My North Carolina Refund
If you have moved, you can notify the IRS: Address Update
Additional information: Economic Impact Payment Information Center
