Check Your Stimulus Check Deposit Date With This Online Tool
It s stimmy season!
We ve been in a pandemic so long we re really out here giving nicknames to the stimulus check. The stimmy. Have you gotten paid yet? The “Get My Payment” tool on the IRS website went live early yesterday and it s a great tool to track when you ll get your stimulus check.
President Joe Biden signed the new $1.9 trillion rescue package on Thursday last week. This provides payments to qualifying individuals of up to $1,400, with payments to a qualifying family of four of $5,600.
If you use the IRS website, you should see the scheduled deposit date for your check. Example: “We scheduled your payment to be deposited on March 17, 2021 to the bank account below.”
How to Check the Status of Your Stimulus
Most of us are still waiting on our stimulus checks to show up. If you re not aware, it s easy to check for updates on its arrival using the IRS website.
If you would like to check the status of your stimulus check, head over to the website and click the tab labeled Get My Payment and fill out the required information at the resulting page.
You will need to provide your social security number (or individual tax identification number), date of birth, street address and ZIP code.
After doing that, you will receive an update with the approximate time frame your money will be deposited. However, some information may not be available if you re having a paper check mailed to you. Those seem to take a bit longer.
If you're still waiting on your stimulus payment, the U.S. Department of Treasury said it's working on a new online tool to help speed up the process, but in the meantime, there are steps you can take soon to get your money.