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Several disappointed people contacted me today. They expected to receive their economic stimulus payment deposited into their bank account today but they have not seen the deposit posted online yet. According to the payment schedule, individuals whose Social Security numbers end with two digits between 00 and 20 and who have direct deposit banking information on file with the IRS should have received their deposit by today.
If you’re looking for your money, check the schedule first to ensure you’re not jumping the gun. Keep in mind that this schedule is only “accurate” for those who filed their taxes by the usual deadline.
After you’ve verified that the government expected you to receive your payment already, you can fill in a form online to ask the IRS about the status of your payment. This form will apparently only work for those who filed their tax returns over 6 weeks ago, so it sounds like the government may be late with some payments depending on when you filed.
Don’t confuse the “where’s my stimulus payment?” form with the “where’s my refund?” form.
Important clarification! It’s important to consider that if you filed your taxes through a third party like H&R Block or Turbotax, you may have opted for an accelerated refund in the form of a refund anticipation check, refund anticipation loan, or similar product. If you received an accelerated refund, you will receive your stimulus rebate (if you qualify) via paper check, not direct deposit. Also, if your tax preparer deducted any fees from your tax refund, your stimulus payment will arrive via paper check, not direct deposit. Furthermore, if you filed through a third party and owed taxes, the IRS will not have your direct deposit information, so if you qualify for a stimulus payment you will receive it via paper check.
Updated September 17, 2011 and originally published May 2, 2008. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.
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I have power of attorney for my mom who has dementia. Filed her tax form in order to receive stimulus payment. She still as of August 2 not received her payment. Have been to irs website and says there has been a delay in processing. Called the number provided but can never get through. What’s going on? This is ridiculous. How can I find out what to do about this?
To: Comment #251 Try to call the number provided again. Do not press any buttons at all. Just hold. But be prepared to hold extremely long. I had to hold 27 minutes. I told a friend of mine to do this and he held according to the timer on his phone for 51 minutes but it was worth his wait. Believe it or not he talked to someone very nice and helpful for his problem. But on the other hand the person I talked to after 27 minutes was rude, obnoxious, unfriendly and doesn’t need to be in a position that talks to people. Hopefully you will get a nice person that will help you solve your problem. I have already received my check and now my friend’s is on the way. Hope this helps.
I have not recived any thing at all dont even get answer when I call .
PLEASE CAN YOU HELPME?
The only help i can give you is advice, work hard, use your money wisely and buy American… stock up on food and tangibles and quit expecting the govt to pull you up, isn’t going to happen, no way no how.
My son still has not received his stimulus check as of August 20th. I filed his taxes online Feb. 19th and he received his refund a long time ago. He received his stimulus confirmation letter in early June. According to the IRS mailing schedule, he should have received his stimulus check by June 20th.
We have called the number given on the confirmation letter a couple of times, and held so long that we finally gave up. We even thought of going to the local IRS office here, but their hours are M-F 8:30-4:30. My son’s employer has a strict attendance policy and no vacation time accrued yet, so it is nearly impossible for him to visit during those hours. He also attends college in the evenings.
As I have all of the information required for the stimulus check inquiry, I tried to call & inquire about it on his behalf. After punching in the required information, I held for 30 minutes and finally got a rep. After explaining the situation to him, he was NOT nice and said something to the effect that I was breaking a federal law by accessing my son’s records.
I guess my son may never receive his stimulus refund….who knows….this whole experience has been frustrating!
Has your son moved since his refund? Does he owe any student loans, back taxes, or child support? He needs to make the time to call the IRS himself and hold on as long as it takes. I believe they also answer the phones on Saturdays. At least they used to. But they are open 7am until 8 or 9pm during the week. In this day of identity theft, they can’t and shouldn’t give you answers on your son’s behalf. They won’t do it for spouses either.
Thanks for the reply jemady. No, he does not owe any student loans, child support or back taxes. There is no reason that we can think of that they might have a “hold” on his check. My husband thought maybe it was because this was the 1st year he has filed a tax return so his records weren’t previously in their database.
Since his free time is so limited, I do many favors & errands for him – as I sat there holding for an IRS rep. I did wonder if they would even speak to me about his situation. I figured they might at least be able to put some kind of alert on the situation, email him, or give a revised date as to when he would receive his check.
Thanks for the tip on Saturday hours. The IRS website says their hours are only on weekdays, but I’ll have him give it a try this Saturday.
I have not recived any thing about my stim.ck
hey everyone,
Didn’t I hear in the beginning that if you didn’t get the amount that you thought you would then there would be another check issued? My son has 2 children, he should have gotten the 1200.00 but he only got 900.00. They missed one child. Will there actually BE another check issued for the other 300.00?
My neighbor filed his taxes on time and received a small refund. He did not know about EIC and I helped him file an amendment. He has since received an additional EIC refund. He has not received a surplus check as of today – Sept 3. Does he still qualify for it since he got EIC?
I still have not received a stimulus check or heard anything. On the IRS site (this page http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=181665,00.html) you can enter in your information and they will tell you when your check is going to come. But the information is not there until the week before your check is supposed to be sent out. I entered my information and it said there was not info about my check. It also says that if you filled after April 15 to give it 8 weeks. I filled April 13 or something and then had to amend them and send them back, but that was like April 20th. They give you a number to call and ask about your check. We’ll see what happens, I’m calling tomorrow….. If anyone has any other suggestions about finding out where our stimulus checks are please let me know.
IT WAS STATED MORE THAN ONCE ON THE IRS WEB PAGE(S) THAT PERSONS RECEIVING SSI PAYMENT WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE “STIMULUS PAYMENT”. AU CONTRERE, THEY ARE RECEIVING THEM!!!
WHAT HAPPENED!!!
I filed my taxes via HR block online on April 14th, and received my refund via direct deposit with in a couple weeks. I meet the income requirements, have no dependents, and cannot be claimed as anyone else’s dependent.
I have yet to receive any sort of economic stimulus payment nor have I received any notifications from the IRS. Just thought I’d post here in case I’m not the only one. Any information on this would be appreciated.
I HAD TO PAY IN AND SENT MY TAXES ON APRIL 13TH WHEN CALLING THE FIRST TIME (1 HR ON HOLD)THEY SAID THEY WERE PROCESSED ON THE 16TH SO I WOULD NOT GET MY CHECK ON TIME IT WOULD TAKE LONGER BECAUSE IT WASN’T BEFORE THE APRIL 15TH DEADLINE. CALLED AGAIN (40 MIN ON HOLD) END OF JUNE BECAUSE THERE WEBSITE SAID IT WOULD TAKE 8 WEEKS TO PROCESS IF RECEIVED AFTER APRIL 15TH WAS TOLD THERE WERE BEHIND JUST BE PATIENT. CALLED AGAIN SEPT 10 (45MIN ON HOLD) JUST TO BE TOLD THEY HAD LOST MY TAXES I WOULD HAVE TO RESUBMIT THE INFORMATION TO THEM THEY GOT MY CHECK I HAD TO PAY THEM CASHED IT BUT I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 6 WEEKS NOW FROM THE TIME I RESUBMITTED. I GUESS I’LL BE USING THE CHECK FOR X-MAS IF I FOR SURE RECIEVE IT BY THEN. IF YOU HAVEN’T GOT YOUR CHECK I WOULD BE CALLING TO SEE IF THEY POSSIBLY LOST YOUR TAXES ALSO!
I have had the most useless and shameful experience with the IRS and the nonsense of a stimulus check. I filed my taxes with my accountant as I always do this time however I am a newlywed and my wife (from Mexico) had yet to recieve her social security #. When I filed she was ineligible for an ITIN as well so I included documentation stating her status with USCIS. Unfortunately, the imbiciles at the IRS decided that since she had no SSN yet they would charge me as a single taxpayer with no dependants. Now I owed more than I should have and spent months trying to fix this after I finally got her SSN. Then another retard from the bureau informed me now that this was all cleared up I would be recieving my stimulus check but my wife would have to wait till next year to recieve her stimulus credit. Well 3 months later I called to check why I hadnt recieved my money and they tell me that I was misinformed by that idiot and I would have to wait until next year to recieve even my own stimulus check. Well now it seems I am the only bitch of the systems because every other fart knocker got thier check but me and why? Idiots deserve death. I want my money IRS, you steal from me all year and then you cap on me when everyone else gets a check you rotten armpits.
I just ran accross this page where everyone is complaining about not getting Stimulas Check. As of 5th of January 2009 my Mother-In-Law still has not received her Stimulas Check. She filed for it wit her Tax return, she is 85 and retired so I know she is eligible. She has tried to find out what has happened to it but all she gets is the runaround. Does anybody know how to absolutely find out how or why you have not received your Stimulas Payment! Personally I feel it is getting on the verge of being absolutely rediculas.
Hi, I still owe unemployment back taxes only for I think one or two years (2003/2004) I haven’t yet gotten around to paying that but was nonetheless otherwise up to date on my taxes for all other years- I was told for last tax year (2007) I would be eligible for the stimulus check, am pretty sure if memory serves me right I received the letter, my accountant even told me I should receive it and it is now March 10th, 2009, and I have still not received it! Was I given incorrect information? I even called the IRS last fall and eventually some grouch got on the phone and even though I supposedly met the requirements, she told me I didn’t but then refused to tell me why! What the heck? Could it be the back taxes owed? I seem to recall on the IRS.gov website it even said you could receive the check even if you owed back taxes!
No, you would not receive the check if you owe back taxes.
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