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Please read about stimulus check

northiie57 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:27:59 GMT

I posted this info in a thread about mailed checks......when I spoke to a IRS agent on the 15th, she said their system had a major internal error and it was RANDOM who they did direct deposits and the rest was mailed. It was because of the timeline they had to put out all of the checks and the system crashed and this was how they resolved it. She also said if we do not get our checks by the 15, to give it 2-3 weeks to show up. If not there will be a form added to your tax filing and eventually will get it. They are still having issues and they hope to have everything fixed if we get another one HTH

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wonderfulworld — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:33:12 GMT

Thank you for posting. Last time we got the debit card. This time nothing so far.

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QVCkitty1 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:44:22 GMT

@northiie57 wrote:
I posted this info in a thread about mailed checks......when I spoke to a IRS agent on the 15th, she said their system had a major internal error and it was RANDOM who they did direct deposits and the rest was mailed. It was because of the timeline they had to put out all of the checks and the system crashed and this was how they resolved it. She also said if we do not get our checks by the 15, to give it 2-3 weeks to show up. If not there will be a form added to your tax filing and eventually will get it. They are still having issues and they hope to have everything fixed if we get another one HTH

@northiie57 , Thank you for the explanation.

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Xivambala — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:48:13 GMT

@northiie57 ===> That's all well and good, but there are many of us that don't file a tax return. My last filing was 2018. I received the first stimulus based on my 2018 filing which was not a true representation of my income status. I don't qualify with my retirement income to file now. The 'Get My Payment' option at the IRS has no information for me now. I assume I've dropped into a hole they have forgotten.

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northiie57 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:16:15 GMT

@Xivambala wrote:
@northiie57 ===> That's all well and good, but there are many of us that don't file a tax return. My last filing was 2018. I received the first stimulus based on my 2018 filing which was not a true representation of my income status. I don't qualify with my retirement income to file now. The 'Get My Payment' option at the IRS has no information for me now. I assume I've dropped into a hole they have forgotten.

you can still file for free and use the recovery rebate form....they have a link on their site for free

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/recovery-rebate-credit

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SharkE — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:20:49 GMT

they only take into account your annual income, not other stuff

joint return can get one if under 124,000

75,000 if single.

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ROMARY — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:32:13 GMT

Thanks for the alert.

I haven't received my check, but feel better that, eventually, I will receive it, in 'one way or another'.

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yamma024 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:16:13 GMT

If we don't get this second stimulus check, I wonder if we could still file the rebate recovery form on our 2020 tax return. My husband was terminated from his job on October 16, 2020 from a Petroleum Company because of Covid, On our 2020 tax we will have his income for 2020 plus 1 year of severance, that would put us way over the limit.

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northiie57 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:29:07 GMT

President Biden just spoke on tv and said he is seriously going to look into why some families did not receive their check yet....so hopefully might not have to file

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yamma024 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:36:46 GMT

What I read on Yahoo was, Biden is going to help people who didn't get the first round of stimulus checks.

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GCR18 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:11:23 GMT

My mother received a debit card first time. This time, she received a check.

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:20:01 GMT

@SharkE I think it is up to $150,000 for a couple.

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TVLand — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:36:08 GMT

The opposite happened to me....the first time I got a check in the mail....second time I got a Debit card in the mail.... I hadn't heard about the Debit Card...so when I received it.... I first thought it was fraud....but after research I found it was legitimate.... I heard it was changed to Debit Cards because it was faster to process then checks....I went to the the bank today to make a deposit with my card....no problems...

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SharkE — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:49:50 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
@SharkE I think it is up to $150,000 for a couple.

yeah, that's what it was for the first one, thought I'd read for this lesser amount it was 124,000. who knows? We're retired don't make us any difference. LOL

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resort gal — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:52:23 GMT

I don't understand, am I missing something?

The second stimulis bill hasn't even been voted on yet

let alone passed so where are these second payments

coming from?

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SharkE — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:18:26 GMT

Last yr. the first payment was 1200

Second stimulus check is the one most of us are waiting on for 600

3rd one will be taken up Mon. in Washington, which I assume will be for 1400 if it passes thru all the people that have to approve it.

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SeaMaiden — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:27:18 GMT

my husband and I always file jointly. Today I received a debit card in my name only . When I check on my husbands card it says they do not have enough information and are working on it.. that seems odd to me if we jointly file and our income is one.

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willdob3 — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:58:59 GMT

@northiie57

I got the first one by direct deposit. I haven’t received the second one at all. When I check the status I get a message that they don’t have enough/correct info or I don’t qualify. Nothing has changed but, st this point, I figure I will not get this stimulus until after I file my taxes this year.

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Growing — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:05:55 GMT

@yamma024 wrote:
What I read on Yahoo was, Biden is going to help people who didn't get the first round of stimulus checks.

Mostly this pertains to people who are married to non-citizens or who are legal to be here but not citizens. Those people were deemed not eligible by the legislators who wrote the bill or voted for it. Then Congress changed this requirement stuff to be removed for the recent round in December.

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SharkE — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:18:16 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
my husband and I always file jointly. Today I received a debit card in my name only . When I check on my husbands card it says they do not have enough information and are working on it.. that seems odd to me if we jointly file and our income is one.

@SeaMaiden EXACTLY ! What we're facing too, although, don't have my actual check or card yet. On mine it says "scheduled to be mailed Jan. 6th"

but, on his it says "not enough information still gathering data".

first time they both went to direct deposit. All I can say is this go around it's a big ol hot mess. If I get mine one of these days and he don't he won't be too thrilled. LOL