How will the government send you the stimulus check?
The IRS will use the direct deposit information you provided from the taxes you’ve filed either for 2019 or for 2018.
If you have no direct deposit information on file or if the account provided is now closed, the IRS will mail you a check, instead.
When will the stimulus check arrive? It depends.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said at a White House briefing on April 2, that those Americans who have signed up for direct deposit will receive their payment within two weeks.
“Social Security, you’ll get it very quickly after that,” Mnuchin said. “If we don’t have your information, you’ll have a simple web portal, you’ll upload it. If we don’t have that, we’ll send you checks in the mail.”
The payments will be deposited directly into your bank account if you received your last tax refund or expect to receive this year’s refund that way.
Otherwise, checks will be mailed, which could take longer to get to Americans. Adding to the complications, about 6% of U.S. adults — or about 12 million Americans — do not have a checking, savings, or other bank account, according to a 2018 Federal Reserve report.
The New York Times, citing IRS guidelines that detail how Americans who aren’t usually required to file tax returns will need to do so to receive payments, noted the guidance “will almost certainly mean longer waits for those who must file new returns to be eligible to receive a stimulus payment.”
Americans with the lowest income will get mailed checks first, according to reporting by the Washington Post. Here’s the timetable for the first checks, per IRS documents seen by the Post:
• Taxpayers with income up to $10,000: April 24
• Taxpayers with income up to $20,000: May 1
• Taxpayers with income up to $40,000: May 15
The rest of the checks will be issued by gradually increasing income increments each week. Households earning $198,000 who file jointly will get their reduced checks on Sept. 4. The last group of checks will be sent on Sept. 11 to those who didn’t have tax information on file and had to apply for checks, according to the Washington Post.
https://www.yahoo.com/money/coronavirus-stimulus-checks-irs-tool-lets-you-track-the-money-to-your-household-145659731.html