IRS "portal" for stimulus checks?

Saw one headline a batch of payments will be ready tonight but banks must be informed first. Wonder what the criteria was for the first batch of payments.
 
From USA Today... "The government is prioritizing the first few waves of payments in the coming weeks toward low-income Americans and Social Security beneficiaries, according to Lisa Greene-Lewis, a certified public accountant at TurboTax. "
 
JaniceM said:
UPDATE: the portal is now open.

I'm worried- when I checked, it said they aren't yet able to determine if I'm eligible for a payment...
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Another update (I hope I'm not taking too much space with this topic!!):
Local news site and Reddit both say bunches of people are getting this error message and is probably just a glitch in the system.
 
The checks are held up because Trump insists his name appears on all of them. Don't jump me for politics because it is a fact concerning when the checks will go out.
 
For anyone who's used the "Get My Payment" portal and successfully got into it, can you please advise on how you entered your address in the security questions section?

Specifically, I wasn't able to figure out whether to type ST or ST. or STREET, nor whether to type APT or APT. or # before the apartment number.
The way these are on my tax returns aren't the same as on notices I receive from the IRS. So I ended up getting locked out and can't try again til this evening, and want to do it right this time.
 
Just did it an hour ago. First time had the wrong payment amount, corrected that and re-entered. Went all the way thru and put in my bank information and said I was good. Only thing we file jointly but it only asked for one ssn. Hopefully get the $2400 not $1200. Since we didn't get a refund, I had to put in bank information even thou my IRS payment was a debit to that bank.
 
JaniceM said:
For anyone who's used the "Get My Payment" portal and successfully got into it, can you please advise on how you entered your address in the security questions section?

Specifically, I wasn't able to figure out whether to type ST or ST. or STREET, nor whether to type APT or APT. or # before the apartment number.
The way these are on my tax returns aren't the same as on notices I receive from the IRS. So I ended up getting locked out and can't try again til this evening, and want to do it right this time.
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I went to use the portal yesterday and saw this notice: People who get SSA, SSI or RR-1099s can't use the IRS portal to track our stimulus. So I didn't try to enter any info.
 
fmdog44 said:
The checks are held up because Trump insists his name appears on all of them. Don't jump me for politics because it is a fact concerning when the checks will go out.
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BOGUS

There was quite the brouhaha on social media Tuesday night, though, when the Washington Post reported that printed stimulus checks would be delayed by several days so that they could be printed with President Trump’s signature on them — or maybe so the president could personally sign each one with a commemorative pen.

That was the story at the time, but the Washington Post updated its story after it was published with a statement from the IRS saying that, no, checks would be going out on schedule:
 
fmdog44 said:
The checks are held up because Trump insists his name appears on all of them. Don't jump me for politics because it is a fact concerning when the checks will go out.
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FAKE NEWS! Trump didn't know anything about this until after it was done. This was Mnuchin's idea.

Fake News
 
JaniceM said:
I wouldn't care if NAPOLEON BONAPARTE wanted to sign them, as long as they'd hurry up and get them to everybody's whose clearly eligible.
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I read that it could take up to 20 weeks. I'm not getting any check, so I have nothing to be in a hurry for.
 
UPDATE: the IRS website has been telling people to not call them, but the last two nights the local news station has said to call the IRS if we have any questions about the payments: 1-800-829-1040 if anyone wants to try it. Considering how long they can put a person on-hold even under normal circumstances, I've been hesitating.
 
JaniceM said:
UPDATE: the IRS website has been telling people to not call them, but the last two nights the local news station has said to call the IRS if we have any questions about the payments: 1-800-829-1040 if anyone wants to try it. Considering how long they can put a person on-hold even under normal circumstances, I've been hesitating.
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Dial the number and if it's busy or no answers, hang up. Then dial *66 and hang up. When someone picks up on the other end, your phone will give you a ring back. If you have that service in your area.
 
PopsnTuff said:
Still haven't received my check.....
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I'm expecting a direct deposit which I haven't received yet...though according to the "schedule" I should have. I found out something interesting though when I checked. My SS shows as pending up to 5 days before it's actually due to be deposited. 🤑
 

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