

Payments will be automatic for eligible taxpayers who filed a 2019 tax return, those who receive Social Security retirement, survivor or disability benefits (SSDI), Railroad Retirement benefits as well as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries who didn’t file a tax return.

If you’re eligible to receive this second payment, you don’t need to do anything to receive a stimulus check. More information about these cards is available at. The card has the Visa name on the front of the Card and the issuing bank, MetaBank®, N.A. The card will be sent in a white envelope with the U.S. If Treasury sends you a debit card, it will be issued by Treasury’s financial agent, MetaBank®, N.A. Please watch the mail carefully! Last time, some taxpayers weren’t expecting those debit cards and accidentally tossed them in the trash. Some people who received a paper check last time might receive a debit card this time, and some people who received a debit card last time may receive a paper check. The form of payment for the second stimulus check may be different than for the first stimulus check. Mailed payments will require more processing and mailing time.Įligible check recipients who live abroad will have longer wait times for checks as disruptions to air travel and mail delivery in some countries will slow delivery. If you didn’t receive your earlier stimulus payment by direct deposit, you will likely receive a check or, in some instances, a debit card. If you don’t receive a direct deposit by early January, watch the mail for either a paper check or a debit card. Some folks may have seen the payments as pending or as provisional payments in accounts before the scheduled payment date of January 4, 2021, which was the official date that funds were available. Paper checks were mailed beginning on Wednesday, December 30.ĭirect deposit payments may take several days to post to individual accounts. Timing Of ChecksĪs noted earlier, initial direct deposit payments began arriving last week. Your recently filed return has not been fully processed.Īgain, the IRS says there’s no fix for that and you should not contact them.You didn’t file either a 2018 or 2019 tax return or.There are several reasons this could happen, including: However, if you verified your identity and received “Payment Status Not Available,” this means that the IRS cannot determine your eligibility for a payment right now. Unfortunately, there’s no fix for that: the IRS says not to not contact them. If you can’t verify your identity, you won’t be able to use Get My Payment. If that happens, you must wait 24 hours and try again. If your answers do not match the IRS records three times, you’ll be locked out of Get My Payment for security reasons.
