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We and our partners use cookies to understand how you use our site, improve your experience and serve you personalized content and advertising. Read about how we use cookies and your choices . By continuing to use this site, you accept these cookies.AcceptRejectUpdate ConsentThe Treasury Secretary announced on Twitter that direct deposits for stimulus payments will begin Tuesday night and paper checks will start going out on Wednesday.The first batch of $600 will begin and the IRS , Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin . Shortly after Mnuchin's tweet, the IRS of the details on its website, including that the agency's will be reopening later this week to check the status of your first and second payments.Earlier this week, President Donald Trump&nbsp; that includes a for up to and&nbsp;, but has continued to pressure Congress to increase those payments to $2,000. So far, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would increase the amount of the second stimulus check to $2,000, but the Senate has yet to vote on it.Although the IRS will begin sending out payments this week, not everyone who's eligible will necessarily get one right away. Where the IRS slots you into its payment schedule can give you an idea whether you'd be one of the first in line to get a , or near the end. (Here's why some people&nbsp;.)&nbsp;Payments are expected to follow a set order, with some people winding up with a huge head start over others when it comes to the delivery timeline. We'll explain everything below. (And here's how to estimate your total with our&nbsp;.) This story has been updated with new information.People who have their&nbsp;&nbsp;on file with the IRS will be in the first group to receive a stimulus check. An electronic transfer of funds is faster and more efficient than mailing a check, which is why this group largely got their first payment faster.See MoreRead more: A&nbsp;? Here's why&nbsp;. "The good news is [direct deposit] is a very, very fast way of getting money into the economy. Let me emphasize: People are going to see this money at the beginning of next week," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin&nbsp;. For the first stimulus check, the IRS took 19 days to build its online tool. On April 15, it sent the first batch of stimulus checks and, in the first week, sent to through direct deposit. People were encouraged to continue registering for direct deposit through May 13 as a way to get their checks faster than through the mail. Some did experience or with . But on the whole, this was the speediest method.Here are ways you can help , including what we know now about .With the first stimulus payment, many people who receive Social Security disbursements who also had direct deposit information on file with the federal government received checks in the first week, though not always the first day. The IRS had a separate informational section for people . Normally, people in these groups receive their federal benefits through a&nbsp;, though people in this group received their stimulus payment through a non-Direct Express bank or a paper check.With the first batch of payments, the IRS began to mail checks about a week after it processed the money for people with banking data on file. The US Treasury can process between 5 million and 7 million paper stimulus checks a week in addition to checks for other federal programs, according to a&nbsp; report from June. This time, the IRS said it will begin send checks in the mail starting Wednesday, Dec. 30,But there's a catch. Language in the stimulus bill institutes a cutoff of Jan. 15 for the IRS to send out payments. So anyone who doesn't receive theirs by that date would have to&nbsp;. That gives people who .The timing then becomes a matter of how soon you submit your taxes for 2020 and how quickly the IRS would be able to process your return. Those two scenarios are influenced by a variety of factors. For example, people who file their returns in February would likely receive their stimulus check money -- in the form of a -- months before people who wait until the April 15 deadline or file an extension.&nbsp;are prepaid Visa cards the IRS mailed to about 4 million people starting in mid-May, a month after the first direct deposit transfers took place.&nbsp;This time, the IRS expects to start sending EIP cards this week.For the first check, this category includes people who received a check after June, still haven't received their full stimulus payment or who&nbsp;. It isn't clear what would happen if there was a problem during the process and the was further delayed. It's likely the IRS would set a different, later deadline to address clerical errors, like missing stimulus money, and other scenarios.It isn't always clear how much money the IRS might owe you in the event of an error. We suggest starting with our and this introduction to . If the numbers seem lower than they should be, you might want to investigate further. See if any of these situations could apply to you: Are you&nbsp;, or ? Are you a tax&nbsp;&nbsp;(including&nbsp;&nbsp;and people who&nbsp;)? If you're a&nbsp;&nbsp;and didn't receive a check as expected, you may also need to read up on the rules. And a court ruling has made it possible for millions of&nbsp;&nbsp;to get a check, even after the IRS changed its interpretation to exclude this group.Depending on which group you're in, we've also mapped out some speculative dates for .First published on Dec. 3, 2020 at 4:15 a.m. PT.See More

We and our partners use cookies to understand how you use our site, improve your experience and serve you personalized content and advertising. Read about how we use cookies and your choices . By continuing to use this site, you accept these cookies.AcceptRejectUpdate ConsentThe Treasury Secretary announced on Twitter that direct deposits for stimulus payments will begin Tuesday night and paper checks will start going out on Wednesday.The first batch of $600 will begin and the IRS , Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin . Shortly after Mnuchin's tweet, the IRS of the details on its website,...

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