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PriestTheRunner wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:45 am

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:49 pm Like most everyone else, I have serious doubts about the constitutionality of all of this. OTH, I’m not gonna lie .... I could really use the money right now.
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The whole thing is messed up.

TAM your post reminded me of a funny meme:

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My son and daughter in law got theirs in the bank today. My wife and I did not. When I try to track it on the IRS’s website, I get this message:

Payment Status Not Available

According to information that we have on file, we cannot determine your eligibility for a payment at this time.

For more information on the eligibility rules, see our Frequently Asked Questions page.

When I click on that link, here’s what I get:

Why am I getting "Payment Status Not Available?"

In certain cases, the Get My Payment app will be unable to tell you the status of your payment. You may receive this message for one of the following reasons:

• If you are not eligible for a payment (see IRS.gov on who is eligible and who is not eligible)
• If you are required to file a tax return and have not filed in tax year 2018 or 2019.
• If you recently filed your return or provided information through Non-Filers: Enter Your Payment Info on IRS.gov. Your payment status will be updated when processing is completed.
• If you are a SSA or RRB Form 1099 recipient, SSI or VA benefit recipient – the IRS is working with your agency to issue your payment; your information is not available in this app yet.

You can check the app again to see whether there has been an update to your information. Get My Payment data is updated once per day, so there’s no need to check back more frequently.

None of this tells me anything. I haven’t filed my 2019 tax return yet, but I DID file my 2018 tax return. As it happens, I broke even in 2018, and neither paid additional taxes, nor received a refund. So there was never a direct deposit from the IRS to my checking account for my 2018 filing. That said, they have made direct payments to that account in previous years... so I don’t know what the hang up is. In their FAQ, they specifically tell you not to phone the IRS to find out the status of your stimulus payment.

Like most everyone else, I have serious doubts about the constitutionality of all of this. OTH, I’m not gonna lie .... I could really use the money right now. They’re saying that if you don’t get it direct deposited this week, that the checks will be mailed some time between the end of April and and next September. Legitimate or not, if you’re really hurting now, getting a check in September isn't going to be much help at all. Beyond that, the inflation caused by pumping all that cash into the system is going to devalue the dollars still held by those who haven’t yet received their stimulus payments, pushing them deeper into the poor house.

The whole thing is messed up.