Already There Are Glitches With The Stimulus Payments

oldmontana said:
Thanks for the site....I checked and it said my check would be mailed on May 1st.

I do not understand why it did not get deposited in my bank account but it does not matter as I, like many do not need the money
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I have no ideal what it would be like not to need the money, but it must be a great feeling. I volunteer to take anyone“s money who finds it burdensome 😂
 

Aneeda72 said:
I have no ideal what it would be like not to need the money, but it must be a great feeling. I volunteer to take anyone“s money who finds it burdensome 😂
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"I have no ideal what it would be like not to need the money, but it must be a great feeling"

Yes, it is and I will give the $1,200 to my favorite charities....that makes me feel good.
 

OneEyedDiva said:
Haven't gotten mine yet and I thought we SS recipients were supposed to be getting ours first. Found out that people who get SSA, SSI or RR-1099s can't use the IRS portal to track our stimulus.
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I can track mine even though I receive SS. Problem is that my status shows that they will be mailing me a check even though I receive my S S by direct deposit and I even included my bank info when I filed my 2019 return. Go figure.
 
Getoffmylawn said:
I can track mine even though I receive SS. Problem is that my status shows that they will be mailing me a check even though I receive my S S by direct deposit and I even included my bank info when I filed my 2019 return. Go figure.
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It might depend on when you filed your 2019 return. If it hadn't yet been processed by the IRS, you'd receive a check by mail.
That's what happened with me, anyway. I don't receive SS, but filed my tax return on Apr. 15th and provided my bank info.
 
Deceased family member got one. Said on envelope if recipient is deceased check box and drop in mail box. My guess is that they added that after the fact.
 
Getoffmylawn said:
I can track mine even though I receive SS. Problem is that my status shows that they will be mailing me a check even though I receive my S S by direct deposit and I even included my bank info when I filed my 2019 return. Go figure.
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Love your screen name...LOL. Yes when I posted that SS and certain others couldn't use the portal, the IRS hadn't updated their site yet. Shortly thereafter, I was able to get in and enter my direct deposit info.
 
This is crazy. Last week when I checked it said my payment would be direct deposited in the account I provided. Then today....
We scheduled your check to be mailed on May 08, 2020 to the address we have on file for you.
We will mail you a letter with additional information on this payment.
Like I said...GLITCHES!
 
OneEyedDiva said:
This is crazy. Last week when I checked it said my payment would be direct deposited in the account I provided. Then today....
We scheduled your check to be mailed on May 08, 2020 to the address we have on file for you.
We will mail you a letter with additional information on this payment.
Like I said...GLITCHES!
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Thanks for the link. I am eligible and got the same thing as you: It will be mailed on May 8.

It doesn't really matter to me, but they direct deposit my SS into my bank account, so they already have that info. Why are they snail-mailing the check instead?
 
Old Dummy said:
Thanks for the link. I am eligible and got the same thing as you: It will be mailed on May 8.

It doesn't really matter to me, but they direct deposit my SS into my bank account, so they already have that info. Why are they snail-mailing the check instead?
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It makes no sense to me OD. It seems like they are doing just the opposite of how we were told this would be handled. I don't like getting important things, especially checks, mailed to me. We sometimes have new mail people and they screw up the deliveries. I wish I had a dollar for every time I had to take the mail to a neighbor in my building or take mail over to the adjacent building.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
It makes no sense to me OD. It seems like they are doing just the opposite of how we were told this would be handled. I don't like getting important things, especially checks, mailed to me. We sometimes have new mail people and they screw up the deliveries. I wish I had a dollar for every time I had to take the mail to a neighbor in my building or take mail over to the adjacent building.
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Ha, familiar story! Just in the past 5 or so years, my mail-peeps have gotten totally incompetent. The US mail throughout my life has been VERY good, and I often defended them when someone started criticizing them. But now, because of their behavior, I am a harsh critic.

One of the stupidest things they do is mix up my mail with someone on the next road. Our names aren't even close, and the name of our roads are not close. Our street numbers are the same and I guess that's all they look at. Pretty lame.
 
Old Dummy said:
Ha, familiar story! Just in the past 5 or so years, my mail-peeps have gotten totally incompetent. The US mail throughout my life has been VERY good, and I often defended them when someone started criticizing them. But now, because of their behavior, I am a harsh critic.

One of the stupidest things they do is mix up my mail with someone on the next road. Our names aren't even close, and the name of our roads are not close. Our street numbers are the same and I guess that's all they look at. Pretty lame.
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I know what you mean. Several years ago, I got a check for a man who lived in another town! Our street addresses weren't even remotely similar. I took it to the post office and asked to speak with the delivery supervisor. I reminded him that everyone might not be so honest and there needs to be more care in how people's mail is handled. He agreed.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I know what you mean. Several years ago, I got a check for a man who lived in another town! Our street addresses weren't even remotely similar. I took it to the post office and asked to speak with the delivery supervisor. I reminded him that everyone might not be so honest and there needs to be more care in how people's mail is handled. He agreed.
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This happened to me twice, several years ago. I'm self-employed and was expecting an overdue check and never got it, even though my customer said that they had mailed it a few days earlier. I found it, buried inside the Pennysaver, which I never read and just throw them in a box when I get them.

One of my lunch buddies is a retired mail carrier and he said they were taught to NEVER mix first-class mail up -- or in -- with other mail. So much for the old-school rules.

I did talk to the head honcho a couple of years ago on the phone. Things have been better lately, although I don't know if I helped or not.
 
Old Dummy said:
Thanks for the link. I am eligible and got the same thing as you: It will be mailed on May 8.

It doesn't really matter to me, but they direct deposit my SS into my bank account, so they already have that info. Why are they snail-mailing the check instead?
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What I read was they mail the check if either you don't normally get refunds from the IRS, or if you didn't provide your bank account info in the portal in time.
 
JaniceM said:
What I read was they mail the check if either you don't normally get refunds from the IRS, or if you didn't provide your bank account info in the portal in time.
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Ah ok. Being self-employed I never get any refunds, and I didn't see where to enter my bank info. Doesn't matter really, I can wait, I was just curious because some friends asked me about it yesterday and I realized that I didn't even know if I was eligible or not.

Thanks!
 
Old Dummy said:
Ah ok. Being self-employed I never get any refunds, and I didn't see where to enter my bank info. Doesn't matter really, I can wait, I was just curious because some friends asked me about it yesterday and I realized that I didn't even know if I was eligible or not.

Thanks!
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I'm self-employed and don't get refunds either. And didn't get my info in soon enough. Received check in the mail last week. If the IRS has your mailing address, and you filed tax return in 2018, you'll probably receive one, too- unless your income is too high.
 
Checked IRS website yesterday, and my status has been updated to show I will receive my $$ via direct deposit tomorrow (Wednesday 5/6). Not sure when my SO will get her check/direct deposit. Maybe I should check for her...

"So far, so good" as we used to say. Nothing glitchy.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
OD: Click the link below. Read the information provided then click the navy blue Get My Payment. When you come to the next page click OK and fill in the information requested on the next page. https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment
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Thank you for that information. I received my check on the 29th but my boyfriend and my son have not received their checks. Both have direct deposit for SS. So I thought it would just come there like mine did. Now my son's, I am not even sure how to check for his since his paperwork from SS always comes addressed to "My Name For His Name and my address". I would think they would not send it to his physical address.
 
katlupe said:
Thank you for that information. I received my check on the 29th but my boyfriend and my son have not received their checks. Both have direct deposit for SS. So I thought it would just come there like mine did. Now my son's, I am not even sure how to check for his since his paperwork from SS always comes addressed to "My Name For His Name and my address". I would think they would not send it to his physical address.
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The info the IRS needs is from each person's tax return, not their SS info.

If either person filed taxes with the IRS for the 2018 tax year, they should get their checks. If they didn't file, you or they need to provide their info at the irs.gov portal.
 

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