Please post here when you receive your stimulus check..

[Luanne]

So maybe someone can tell me this answer: My sister receives only Social Security, via direct deposit to her bank account. She does not file income taxes, and hasn't for years. As I read it, she's eligible for a stimulus payment, right? How can we find out when/if/how she'll get money? She'd like to know.

Thanks,
Dave

Dave, if you look at the information for Non-filers, that should give you the info you need for your sister.

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments

 

[DaveNV]

Dave, if you look at the information for Non-filers, that should give you the info you need for your sister.

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments

Thanks, but that's where I see this:

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Do not use this application if you receive the benefits below. If you receive these benefits, we already have your information and you will receive $1,200.

• Social Security retirement...

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My sis gets SS only, so would be one of the above. I guess that means Yes, she will receive some money. ($1200?) And I guess that also means How is by her direct deposit method in use by the SSA people? So the remaining question is When?

I saw a linked article upthread that had dates on it based on income levels, but I think that was only for IRS filers. People on Social Security seem to be in a different category.

Dave

 

[Luanne]

Thanks, but that's where I see this:

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Do not use this application if you receive the benefits below. If you receive these benefits, we already have your information and you will receive $1,200.

• Social Security retirement...

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My sis gets SS only, so would be one of the above. I guess that means Yes, she will receive some money. ($1200?) And I guess that also means How is by her direct deposit method in use by the SSA people? So the remaining question is When?

I saw a linked article upthread that had dates on it based on income levels, but I think that was only for IRS filers. People on Social Security seem to be in a different category.

Dave

After I posted I wondered if she was in one of those categories. I'm going to go see if I can find a post, on another message board I frequent, from someone who is in the same boat. I don't remember what her outcome was.

Found one of her posts from the beginning of April. "I got an email from social Security Works The IRS said they won't send 1200 dollar checks to those on disability and social security or veterans. They said you have to file an income tax form. Well of course Democrats are mad. I just filled a 1040 income tax return online. If 65 and up its free. I just used the 1099 I got for 2019. Thats all I needed." Then a couple of days later she posted that rule had been changed and it turned out she didn't need to file a return after all. So this really wasn't much help.

 

[DaveNV]

After I posted I wondered if she was in one of those categories. I'm going to go see if I can find a post, on another message board I frequent, from someone who is in the same boat. I don't remember what her outcome was.

Found one of her posts from the beginning of April. "I got an email from social Security Works The IRS said they won't send 1200 dollar checks to those on disability and social security or veterans. They said you have to file an income tax form. Well of course Democrats are mad. I just filled a 1040 income tax return online. If 65 and up its free. I just used the 1099 I got for 2019. Thats all I needed." Then a couple of days later she posted that rule had been changed and it turned out she didn't need to file a return after all. So this really wasn't much help.

Ok, so that, and all the other posts I've seen, say to me that SSA recipients will receive a stimulus payment at some point. Just don't know When. My sister, ever the realist, is being calm about it: "It's free money, so I can't be anxious if I don't get it." I wish I had her calm nature. She's staying with us right now, and she frequently helps me lower my expectations of the Government.

Bonus comment: Today, I did help her set up online access to her bank account. I asked her if she had checked her account to see if a deposit had been made, and she said she hasn't checked since the other day. I said she should check today, and she said, "The bank isn't open today." We talked. Turns out she has been calling the bank to ask a teller what her balance is whenever she wanted to know. I helped her set up her computer to get online at the bank so she could check everything whenever she wants to. She just shook her head in wonder at everything she could see. She had no idea she could do that. Bless her heart.

Dave

 

[Luanne]

Ok, so that, and all the other posts I've seen, say to me that SSA recipients will receive a stimulus payment at some point. Just don't know When. My sister, ever the realist, is being calm about it: "It's free money, so I can't be anxious if I don't get it." I wish I had her calm nature. She's staying with us right now, and she frequently helps me lower my expectations of the Government.

Dave

Our dd is eligible for a stimulus check. She filed in 2018, but didn't have to pay, or get a refund, so no bank info on file for her. We haven't filed for 2019 yet. After weeks of getting "couldn't find you" on the IRS site, she finally was able to get in. But she encountered a problem when the website wouldn't accept a $0 value. So she's taking the attitude of your sister. She'll get the money, it will be a check, and she'll get it when she gets it.

 

[b2bailey]

So maybe someone can tell me this answer: My sister receives only Social Security, via direct deposit to her bank account. She does not file income taxes, and hasn't for years. As I read it, she's eligible for a stimulus payment, right? How can we find out when/if/how she'll get money? She'd like to know.

Thanks,
Dave

I have a couple of friends in that boat as well.
Yes, for certain she is eligible.age

My understanding is -- if we have social security with direct deposit then no further action is required. Originally I saw a published date of 4/20. But that date has come and gone.

 

[VacationForever]

I think my son should get a paper check since he is still getting Payment Status Not Available. He files tax returns every year although he does not need to pay taxes for 2018 and 2019. I told him to look out for a hardcopy check.

 

[clifffaith]

Ok, so that, and all the other posts I've seen, say to me that SSA recipients will receive a stimulus payment at some point. Just don't know When. My sister, ever the realist, is being calm about it: "It's free money, so I can't be anxious if I don't get it." I wish I had her calm nature. She's staying with us right now, and she frequently helps me lower my expectations of the Government.

Bonus comment: Today, I did help her set up online access to her bank account. I asked her if she had checked her account to see if a deposit had been made, and she said she hasn't checked since the other day. I said she should check today, and she said, "The bank isn't open today." We talked. Turns out she has been calling the bank to ask a teller what her balance is whenever she wanted to know. I helped her set up her computer to get online at the bank so she could check everything whenever she wants to. She just shook her head in wonder at everything she could see. She had no idea she could do that. Bless her heart.

Dave

Mom doesn't know her balance (other than by good record keeping in her checkbook register) until her next statement arrives. SIGH. This would be such an easy way for her to start using the computer, but no...

 

[DaveNV]

Mom doesn't know her balance (other than by good record keeping in her checkbook register) until her next statement arrives. SIGH. This would be such an easy way for her to start using the computer, but no...

Exactly. It's been a challenge for me. I'm SO totally connected, (worked 47 years in IT - my whole career), and my sister isn't. I watch her using her Chromebook (a gift from me), and it's painful watching the deliberate clicking and typing she does - hammering the keyboard to make sure the keystroke registers. I've shown her that an easy touch also works, but she goes right back to what she knows best. She's smart about a lot of things, but I think she finds the computer a bit intimidating. I pick my battles with her over this sort of thing, and am very pleased she let me show her how to set up online banking today. She's a particularly stubborn, independent woman. Classic Taurus... LOL!

Dave

 

[nerodog]

So maybe someone can tell me this answer: My sister receives only Social Security, via direct deposit to her bank account. She does not file income taxes, and hasn't for years. As I read it, she's eligible for a stimulus payment, right? How can we find out when/if/how she'll get money? She'd like to know.

Thanks,
Dave

I have heard that Social security recipients will receive when they get their May entitlement. I hope this is true.

 

[Luanne]

She's a particularly stubborn, independent woman. Classic Taurus... LOL!

Dave

So is my sister, lol.

 

[DaveNV]

I have heard that Social security recipients will receive when they get their May entitlement. I hope this is true.

You mean, as part of their regular SSA payment, or on the same day? "May entitlement" is paid in June, right? Or are you saying the May payment date?

Dave

 

[clifffaith]

I have heard that Social security recipients will receive when they get their May entitlement. I hope this is true.

I'd been hoping I'd see something extra this past Wednesday since I get SS the last Wednesday of each month, but no. Will see if anything comes with Cliff's SS this Friday, but I still suspect with us eligible for a refund, but applying it to the following year, will mean we'll be at the bottom of the list. Like many have said up thread, it's free money, unexpected money, so it will come when it comes, but do want to keep track of how it all works out so eventually we get "our dibs" too and thank goodness we don't need it to eat or pay rent.

 

[CO skier]

Received our auto-deposit some time last week.

Spent $78.00 of the $2400 buying Thai "take-out" from our favorite restaurant (they have Sushi!)

Would like to spend about $800.00 on some new skis and bindings that were on sale, but the store with the sale in February is closed.

I will save the money for next year's sales -- largely defeating the purpose of the "stimulus."

 

[amycurl]

We kept getting that "status not available" error message, too....and then someone in another online group I'm in pointed out that if you used all caps, you'd get in. And it worked! Where's the emoticon for bashing your head into the keyboard? *sigh*

 

[Luanne]

We kept getting that "status not available" error message, too....and then someone in another online group I'm in pointed out that if you used all caps, you'd get in. And it worked! Where's the emoticon for bashing your head into the keyboard? *sigh*

That seems odd. We were getting the status not available and then finally was able to get in. We didn't use all caps when we got in.

 

[Wyominguy]

I just checked and the site says my stimulus will be deposited into my account on April 30.

Neil

 

[Talent312]

Received our auto-deposit some time last week.
Spent $78.00 of the $2400 buying Thai "take-out" from our favorite restaurant (they have Sushi!)
Would like to spend about $800.00 on some new skis and bindings that were on sale...

Don't go hog wild.
One rule of thumb for "bonus" money: 1/3 to savings, 1/3 to debts (if any) & 1/3 to buy toys.
That said, we'll dine out at local restaurants much more than usual, when they reopen.

 

[AnnaS]

Thanks to @AnnaS for providing a link to a Forbes article with that schedule of mailed payments:
(from the Forbes article):
All dates represent the “week ending” (for example, the week ending April 24) and the IRS could change this schedule at any time.

• Less than $10,000: April 24
• $10,001 - $20,000: May 1
• $20,001 - $30,000: May 8
• $30,001 - $40,000: May 15
• $40,001 - $50,000: May 22
• $50,001 - $60,000: May 29
• $60,001 - $70,000: June 5
• $70,001 - $80,000: June 12
• $80,001 - $90,000: June 19
• $90,001 - $100,000: June 26
• $100,001 - $110,000: July 3
• $110,001 - $120,000: July 10
• $120,001 - $130,000: July 17
• $130,001- $140,000: July 24
• $140,001 - $150,000: July 31
• $150,001 - $160,000: August 7
• $160,001 - $170,000: August 14
• $170,001 - $180,000: August 21
• $180,001 - $190,000: August 28
• $190,001 - $198,000: September 4
• Remaining checks: September 11

Again, DD is supposed to speed you the receipt of your payment. We shall see if that hold for paper checks.

You are welcome. I am curious down the road how accurate these dates are

 

[emeryjre]

DaveNW, go to IRS.Gov website, use the block "get my payment" and follow those pages to fill out your sister's information. The IRS started payments to your sister's group in the last several days

 

[jmhpsu93]

Went online to fill out the "Get My Payment" direct deposit info about two weeks ago, and got "no payment date available" for a while and now it says we're going to get it the 30th.

As for what we do with it, depends on how much it is. Our income has us on the declining side, plus not sure whether our 17 YO daughter gets us anything (I don't think so). Definitely using some of it for future vacation savings, plus spending more at local takeout places and donating some to charity.

 

[bbodb1]

An update on the app is reported on by MSN:

IRS says it has upgraded the coronavirus stimulus payment app

...from the article:

...Those who add their direct deposit information will be able to get their payments more quickly, Rettig noted...

 

[RX8]

Having trouble with the IRS site? Try all caps — yes, really

Are you getting 'Payment Status Not Available' when tracking down your coronavirus stimulus check? Try entering your address in all caps.

www.latimes.com

 

[Luanne]

Having trouble with the IRS site? Try all caps — yes, really

Are you getting 'Payment Status Not Available' when tracking down your coronavirus stimulus check? Try entering your address in all caps.

www.latimes.com

I read this. But, when I finally got in it was without using all caps. I just think my info hadn't been loaded yet.

 

[Luanne]

DaveNW, go to IRS.Gov website, use the block "get my payment" and follow those pages to fill out your sister's information. The IRS started payments to your sister's group in the last several days

Dave said earlier that his sister falls into the category that can't use this tool.