Still Without a $1,400 Stimulus Check? Here’s What You Need to Know.
Take note that many Americans have reportedly received a particular confirmation letter also known as Notice 1444 or Notice 1444-B from the IRS stating that their stimulus check was issued even though they have yet to receive it.
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department may have already sent out a hundred sixty-five million coronavirusstimulus checks for this current third round, but know that there are thousands of cash-strapped Americans who are still sitting empty-handed.
For those individuals who must go on with their daily lives amid this uncertainty, they can take some comfort in knowing that there are options out there that can assist them in their quest to eventually get their hands on the missing or lost stimulus money.
Stimulus Check Never Came? The IRS Might Think You Died.
Robert Carlberg told KJRH that he was grieving the death of his wife when he learned that the IRS believes that he had died as well. He filed a tax return in 2019 and learned that the return could not be processed, because he had been listed as deceased.
Back in April, an Indiana man made news when he revealed that he can’t get his $1,400 stimulus check for a unique reason: Because the IRS, and several other government agencies, are under the mistaken impression that he is dead.
That man, Bobby Musgrave, has been mistakenly listed by the IRS as dead, and has been for at least a couple of years, which means he’s missed out on all three stimulus checks, as well as multiple years of tax refunds.
California Policy Lab released a study in early April called The Stimulus Gap, estimating that as of the start of the month, about 2.2 million eligible Californians were “likely did not receive these or prior stimulus payments automatically and may be in danger of not receiving them at all.” The total amount of money in those checks is $5.7 billion.
$1,400 Stimulus Check Nightmare: IRS Says You Died, So No Cash
When reached by WTHR, the IRS said they couldn’t speak to an individual person’s case, but asked for Musgrave’s contact information and “offered to help find a solution as quickly as possible.”
The $1,400 checks from the American Rescue Plan have been going out to Americans for the last few weeks, and while most people seem to have received their checks without complication, there are various reasons why some people haven’t, from a lack of eligibility to mixups to with mail and bank accounts, to various other errors.
Fortunately, the IRS has a set of procedures that can help people in this quest.
It appears that the Internal Revenue Service is nearing its final phase of disbursing the last remaining coronavirusstimulus checks under President Joe Biden’s ambitious American Rescue Plan.
But there is still a slew of reports that suggest that many cash-starved Americans are left on the sidelines, struggling daily to find ways to make ends meet. Considering that many millions of stimulus payments were rapidly sent out, only a small percentage of that could potentially mean that tens of thousands of individuals have yet to receive their checks.