Stimulus payment updates: IRS extends some payment deadlines

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5/6/20 Update: IRS extends some payment deadlines

Many people have received stimulus checks over the last couple of weeks but there are still lots of people in the country who are waiting for funds to arrive.

Many of these people are eligible for supplemental security income or veterans benefits. A few weeks ago, it was announced that these individuals would receive their stimulus checks in “early May.”

But early May has come and many of these people still have not received any funds.

Well, there is an update and now they are expected to receive their funds by no later than mid May.

A postponement of a week or two may not sound that bad but to those who are relying on these funds for survival, and extra 7 to 14 days could be extremely detrimental.xpress card And you can’t blame a lot of these people because they were previously told that they would receive funds in early May.

So if you fall into this category, try to si tight and hopefully your payments were arrive very soon via Direct Express. 

One final thing to note: 

Direct Express states:

“Note that Direct Express cardholders who use the Non-Filers tool on IRS.gov will not receive their Economic Impact Payment on their Direct Express card account. Cardholders who use the tool may only select a bank account for direct deposit or leave bank information blank to receive their Economic Impact Payment by mail.”

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4/25/20 Update: IRS offers more payment deadlines

The IRS made some updates to its payment portal over the weekend.

Some of these fixes included resolving technical issues like allowing individuals to enter in zero for their income and to view payment status for closed bank accounts.

Also, they have provided more access for taxpayers who filed in 2018 but did not use direct deposit for a refund.

But we also have more details about when people can expect payments and also when to expect your estimated payment date to show up.

Social Security, survivor, and disability non-filers

Social Security, survivor, and disability non-filers will receive payments no later than May 5 in their bank accounts.

Social Security and Railroad Retirement recipients should be able to access Get My Payment to check the status of their payments but they won’t be able to add direct deposit information. That is because the IRS is going to use information from the Form SSA-1099 or Form RRB-1099 (and send funds the same way you receive your benefit).

SSI non-filers 

SSI non-filers should start seeing payments in early May.

Veterans benefit recipients 

Veterans benefit recipients should start seeing payments in early May.

SSI or Veterans Affairs benefits who didn’t file a tax return for 2018 or 2019

If you received SSI or Veterans Affairs benefits and did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019 you will have until May 5 to use the non-filer tool on the IRS website to receive the $500 payment per dependent child under 17. (This deadline is only applicable to SSI and VA beneficiaries who need to notify the IRS about their eligible dependents.)

Viewing payment date

This was a big update that should clarify things for a lot of people who are worried about their payment status.

If you enter your bank information before noon on Tuesday, your payment date will be available beginning the following Saturday. But if you wait until after the Tuesday deadline, you will have to wait an additional week to receive your payment date.

But note that if your payment has already been processed you should get a check in up to 14 days. If you are interested in checking out the dates scheduled for checks to go out just scroll below. But note that there are reports of people receiving checks out of order.

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4/25/20 Original article:

After a very rocky start, the IRS stimulus checks have finally been going out to the masses. 

In fact, new IRS data shows exactly how many stimulus checks have gone out and how much in funds have been sent. According to the IRS, they have paid out over 88 million stimulus checks worth a total of $157,969,767,489.

That is over half the amount of the funds that were allocated for stimulus checks so it would follow that over half of eligible Americans have received their stimulus checks.

But we still know that a lot of people have not seen their funds yet, and if they have not signed up for direct deposit they may not be seeing their checks for several more weeks or even months. The order depends on your income and it’s broken down as follows:

  • Under $10,000: April 24
  • $10,001 – $20,000: May 1
  • $20,001 – $30,000: May 8
  • $30,001 – $40,000: May 15
  • $40,001 – $50,000: May 22
  • $50,001 – $60,000: May 29
  • $60,001 – $70,000: June 5
  • $70,001 – $80,000: June 12
  • $80,001 – $90,000: June 19
  • $90,001 – $100,000: June 26
  • $100,001 – $110,000: July 3
  • $110,001 – $120,000: July 10
  • $120,001 – $130,000: July 17
  • $130,001- $140,000: July 24
  • $140,001 – $150,000: July 31
  • $150,001 – $160,000: August 7
  • $160,001 – $170,000: August 14
  • $170,001 – $180,000: August 21
  • $180,001 – $190,000: August 28
  • $190,001 – $198,000: September 4
  • All Remaining checks: September 11

Therefore, If you currently are not signed up for direct deposit, I highly recommend for those individuals to sign up for direct deposit and they can find out how to do that here.

The IRS also released data on which states have received their payments as you can tell in the chart below.

California residents have received received the most — 9.1 million payments totaling over $15 million. Meanwhile, Texas is second with 7.8 million payments received and $14.4 billion worth of payments.

As you would expect, the list roughly follows the order of the most populated states in the country but not exactly.

Economic Impact Payments as of April 17, totals by state.

State Number of EIP Payments Total Amount of EIP Payments
Alabama 1,306,879  $             2,432,903,249
Alaska 209,626  $                384,976,728
Arkansas 778,710  $             1,484,876,413
Arizona 1,868,529  $             3,408,327,214
California 9,127,137  $           15,894,426,934
Colorado 1,532,632  $             2,697,948,990
Connecticut 961,464  $             1,631,719,992
District of Columbia 179,738  $                255,501,803
Delaware 275,688  $                484,493,248
Florida 6,348,503  $           11,067,476,416
Georgia 2,785,534  $             5,041,819,449
Hawaii 378,200  $                677,850,427
Iowa 901,609  $             1,709,391,510
Idaho 470,200  $                939,632,351
Illinois 3,561,467  $             6,288,620,441
Indiana 2,047,079  $             3,801,302,228
Kansas 806,471  $             1,527,129,168
Kentucky 1,247,465  $             2,352,784,094
Louisiana 1,265,581  $             2,297,891,337
Massachusetts 1,774,172  $             2,951,357,726
Maryland 1,561,936  $             2,662,114,660
Maine 400,919  $                722,201,531
Michigan 2,945,568  $             5,338,452,373
Minnesota 1,568,913  $             2,857,063,159
Missouri 1,737,013  $             3,220,707,956
Mississippi 804,317  $             1,481,695,852
Montana 295,589  $                547,319,262
North Carolina 2,774,379  $             5,057,006,091
North Dakota 215,321  $                399,771,434
Nebraska 562,422  $             1,070,565,880
New Hampshire 407,786  $                714,166,522
New Jersey 2,245,299  $             3,861,741,262
New Mexico 596,433  $             1,072,887,126
Nevada 892,115  $             1,561,690,988
New York 5,481,796  $             9,283,821,196
Ohio 3,504,529  $             6,258,547,152
Oklahoma 1,074,373  $             2,056,089,347
Oregon 1,098,231  $             1,945,572,937
Pennsylvania 3,725,334  $             6,628,241,748
Rhode Island 319,156  $                541,849,017
South Carolina 1,361,971  $             2,489,898,415
South Dakota 255,301  $                487,326,070
Tennessee 1,997,548  $             3,683,938,147
Texas 7,812,382  $           14,398,065,881
Utah 818,700  $             1,676,956,785
Vermont 188,076  $                332,111,224
Virginia 2,312,429  $             4,146,024,506
Washington 2,058,899  $             3,680,595,622
Wisconsin 1,690,733  $             3,093,584,754
West Virginia 522,573  $                984,826,539
Wyoming 166,195  $                316,335,903
Territories and Overseas* 267,573  $         501,071,680.00
Total 88,183,614.00  $       157,969,767,489

Source

Over 150 million payments will be sent out so I believe the IRS has already sent out over half of the payments that will go out. The bill was signed into law March 27 so in less than one month over half of eligible citizens received their payments.

While I think they absolutely botched the launch of their website and caused a lot of undue stress and worry to many Americans, I do think that they have done a decent job of getting out these funds in a relatively quick way. (It could have been a lot worse.)

The thing is, there are still millions and millions of Americans who need stimulus checks and those who will be relying on paper checks might be underbanked and the most in need. So we will see if the above schedule is abided by.

I still think that the government needs to move to a new and improved system so that future payments can be streamlined. I really like the idea of having a fedaccount and debit card for every individual, although that would take considerable time to develop the infrastructure for, especially since we are talking about the federal government here.

27 comments

  2. Good morning I get SSA and my daughter get SSI and my step son get SSI when do we get the coronavirus check and my husband and step son don’t get disability I try to seen the information for him it got rejected but here the address you can send it too 3244 Central Ave Birmingham AL 35224

    1. Dis some Bs..im on ssi Nana is on ss disability and we Dont have Any food from time 2Time..they just dont care about poor minorities are the ones that really needed the can’t help themselves it’s unimaginable this feeling

      1. Yes I’m also wanting to know if I’m getting a check because I worked on and off and I did file a 2018 tax but my bank account is closed and I also moved since I git my last tax return and every time I try to check my status it tells me that it’s unavailable so I need help and some answers I need money I’m a single women and haven’t been able to work due to health issues and been trying to get as I .I really need some answers.

    2. They keep changing the dates first he said at the end of April now they’re singing May 5th for SSI and social security survival benefits it’s the IRS to keep changing the dates they need to get their act Street stop waiting for the people that has dependents need to change cuz I have a 9 year old daughter and we’re starving as well

  3. Are you saying that those who have direct deposit should have been among the first to receive their money? Or does it go by AGI, regardless of direct deposit.

    My status says I’m eligible. Lists my bank account number as direct deposit, but also says “No date for release of your funds.”

    Thank you.

    1. Based on what I know direct deposit folks should be getting funds first. I haven’t got a confirmation but I suspect it would also be based on income. So if you have direct deposit and lower income you would be first in line but if you have direct deposit and higher income, it’s possible that checks to lower income people could be going out before you receive funds. That’s just my speculation though

      1. Appreciate your ad libs in your comments but however can’t you see can’t you really see they don’t care did she care about the working people first and who filed taxes okay now the ones that’s disabled they can’t work can’t get around we have nothing put yourself in those shoes young man and I’m a big supporter of trump now I feel like I’ve been stabbed in the back

    2. I too have the same problem hopefully it will come soon and ive checked it day after day and its never updated for me since march 5th, ill give it this last week im single no dependants and unable to work, but ive been denied disability so im stuck😞a real bummer.

      1. ……. yep! In the back and up the ass!
        You got what you voted for!

  4. Thank you for your response. Would have been helpful had the IRS provided that information up front. Maybe their website wouldn’t have been so busy.

    All I heard was that direct deposit would go out first; it’s the easiest. Then checks.

    1. Well for social security survival benefits railroad tracks 2 weeks ago they said at the end of April now they’re saying for May 5th they need to get their act together and stop waiting for those that are having put their dependent for 500 for their child stop having with disabilities keep on waiting is getting the point where we all getting annoyed just set up the damn money that’s stop change schedules

  5. I haven’t filed taxes since2010 as I didn’t need to do but haved worked off and on but didn’t make that much to file so would I be able to get a stimulus check in mail by all the stuff I read said I should.

  6. I filed 2018 different bank than now didn’t do 2019. I started getting Social Security retirement checks direct deposit so does IRS have that information?

  7. I have been trying unsuccessfully too use non filier and it keeps getting rejected due to pin

    1. I’ve been trying to use the non-filers tool and every time I try to submit my application it doesn’t go through through the security question please help someone I need help I need my check I know I am qualified for it

  8. IRS you need to get your act straight stop changing the schedule you guys said at the end of April for survival for social security recipients but now you’re changing to May 5th and waiting for the damn people to put 500 so the fields can get 500 for the damn child stop waiting on those people ask people with disabilities is getting so fed up with you IRS leave it as scheduled if not I will have to step over and get a lawyer because this is not right you’re taking advantage of the disability

  9. This is ridiculous we have been waiting a whole month .I work and my hubby get SSA and I have see so many changes. One we file taxes ever year and 2 we all get the funds from SSA cause of my hubby.we have a 10 year old and a 14 year to take care of living in a hotel to pay for our stay until we can get into a play .we really need this moeny for our family of 4.it very Frustrating to try to do what the IRS says to go on this app and it’s like a brickwall.but there is a number that I saw to call.the app I’m getting no wear.i believe people and family’s living off SSI or SSA should have gotten there first and tax payers as well.

  10. This is ridiculous we have been waiting a whole month .I work and my hubby get SSA and I have see so many changes. One we file taxes ever year and 2 we all get the funds from SSA cause of my hubby.we have a 10 year old and a 14 year to take care of living in a hotel to pay for our stay until we can get into a play .we really need this moeny for our family of 4.it very Frustrating to try to do what the IRS says to go on this app and it’s like a brickwall.but there is a number that I saw to call.the app I’m getting no wear.i believe people and family’s living off SSI or SSA should have gotten there first and tax payers as well.

  11. Yes I’m also wanting to know if I’m getting a check because I worked on and off and I did file a 2018 tax but my bank account is closed and I also moved since I git my last tax return and every time I try to check my status it tells me that it’s unavailable so I need help and some answers I need money I’m a single women and haven’t been able to work due to health issues and been trying to get as I .I really need some answers.

  12. I am a widow of a Vietnam Veteran and was surprised AND thankful that the VA came to my rescue after my Husband passed away. I am receiving a survivors pension from the VA that I didn’t know that they provided. I had to quit working to take care of my Husband and it was a few years before he was well enough for me to go back to work. The problem is/was that I had been unemployed for a couple of years and being a little bit older, employment was not happening. Anyway I have not had to file taxes for quite a few years and I know that since I only receive $768 a month that I qualify for the stimulus payment. Question one is: do I need to report to the VA about receiving it (I am going to just because I believe that I should). Question two: will it affect my benefits amount? Question three: about when should I expect the payment (I have my VA survivor benefits direct deposited)?

  13. I receive SS Disability and file a tax return every year. We owe the IRS every year so my bank info is not listed on our return. I recieve my monthly benefit on a Direct Express debit card. According to everything I’ve read that is how I’m supposed to get my stimulus money, is this correct? When I try to check the status on the Get my Payment site it says_the information I put in doesn’t match their information. Now what?

  14. I recieve SSI and used the non filers form on april 10th to add my 3 children to receive the 500 for them. It was accepted the next day my payment is pending for Tomorrow but only for the 1200. There is no way to contact anyone and I’ve talked to about 10 other people in the same position who used the form and still didn’t receive the kids payments. Can you possibly help with this? Maybe help get an answer?

  15. The get my payment says they deposited my stimulus check and my wifes on April 39th into our account, we have not seen it at all, we called our bank a number of times and they do not see any direct deposit from the IRS INTO our acount and of course they’re is no one you can call at the IRS, we need this money before we lose everything and have no idea what to do now

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