Stimulus Check Payment Method
This payment method will likely be available to americans who do not have bank accounts.
Stimulus check payment method. The main ones are people who get their checks through direct deposit the largest group and the quickest deliver through paper checks in the mail and through eip debit cards a method that the. The irs says people will automatically get their payments in the second round of stimulus checks. The prepaid debit card will be offered in place of paper checks.
Also payments will be issued by mail for other taxpayers who didn t get a direct deposit because our records show their bank account is closed. We re automatically reissuing second economic impact payments for some taxpayers who don t recognize the bank account information shown in get my payment. You may have received a debit card for your first stimulus check but receive a.
The second stimulus check follows a rocky rollout this spring for more than 160 million stimulus payments directed by the coronavirus aid relief and economic security cares act. Get my payment will confirm if we sent your payment s and how we sent your payment. Unfortunately it hasn t been very clear about who is getting which payment method.
Some taxpayers who received their first payment via paper check could get a debit card this time and vice versa. If you are you still haven t received a check or debit card a week after 15 january you can contact debit card issuer metabank at 800 240 8100 to see if there is a record of a payment in. This week ustreasury and irs are starting to send nearly 4 million economic impact payments by prepaid debit card instead of by paper check.
The method of payment for your first stimulus payment does not indicate how you will receive your second payment.