Facebook and Twitter users complain to the IRS for delays in sending second stimulus check | The State
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) leads the distribution process for stimulus checks.
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He Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this Friday was supposed to complete the shipment of most of the second round stimulus checks.
The Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations in Response and Relief Act of 2021, approved last December, establishes that by January 15, the IRS and the Treasury Department should have advanced with the disbursement of all payments from taxpayers for which they have information in their files.
However, since the day before yesterday, users of Facebook and Twitter They crammed the IRS pages on these social networks to claim that the money has not arrived.
“It’s my money and I want it now”, “pay me” and “I need that money” are just some of the messages that circulate in the comments to the publications of the tax collection agency on Facebook about the so-called “Economic impact payment” .
History repeats itself on Twitter, even with hashtags like #stimuluscheckNOW to demand that the federal government move forward with disbursements.
Yeah right. Wonder if the stock market has to wait for its stimulus.#irs#StimulusChecksNOW # 2021stimulus pic.twitter.com/zOrsF0eECn
– partlyfaded (@ partlyfaded1) January 12, 2021
What happened to our stimulus checks #StimulusChecksNOW
– Bettina (@ Bettina74941465) January 11, 2021
I just want my damn stimulus check so I can eat. #StimulusChecksNOW
– Hold on! (@SDSunchaser) January 15, 2021
The truth is that, compared to the first round, the agencies have tried to advance more this time in distribution.
More than 100 million payments processed
The IRS has not specified how many “Economic Impact Payments” it has processed in conjunction with the Treasury Department in total. But a week ago, national media reported more than 100 million payments processed, including direct deposits, paper checks and prepaid debit cards.
In the first round of payments under the CARES Act, the IRS distributed about 159 million checks over a three-month period.
However, the authorities have not broken down the number of payments sent under each of the channels, except for the figure of 8 million EIP Cards. Most of the funds were deposited in taxpayers’ bank accounts.
The process of distributing the second stimulus check began on December 29 with the first direct deposits to millions of beneficiaries. However, many of the recipients were unable to use the funds until January 4, the official payment date.
Next, the IRS began sending paper checks as well as plastic money.
If you are eligible for an economic stimulus payment and do not receive it, you have two options: request the payment as a credit on the tax return you file this year or request a “Payment Trace” in case the “Get My Payment ”on the IRS website tells you that your payment has been processed.
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