I have received a
5071C
letter, which will delay my Income Tax refund obviously.
My question is, will this delay or even prevent me from receiving the Covid-19 Stimulus payment, since I need to verify my identity?
Sadly, the online method of submitting info to be verified, cannot be done, since I have no active credit card or student loan.. or the other options. When this happens, the alternate method is to call their number and submit other info, which cannot be done since all TACs are shut down due to staffing.
I am worried this may put a severe delay if the Stimulus check cant be sent if I am not verified yet.
Does anyone know what will happen in relation to the
5071C
request/letter?It is possible that the IRS will use your 2018 Tax Return information in this case. If you land up needing to update your bank account information with the IRS, the IRS is setting up a portal for folks to add/update their bank account information. For the latest information on this, please follow this link: TurboTax Blog or IRS Stimulus Payment Update.
In regards to your 5071C letter that you received from the IRS, try mailing the requested documentation into the IRS or writing them a letter.
Has there been any official word yet though on how, or if, a 5071C will affect things?
I never filed taxes for 2018, as I only worked a few months at the end of the year, so they cant fallback to that...
Because it's an identity issue, I would expect that it will delay the stimulus check. You may be able to get some kind of response from your local IRS office.
To find a Local Office: Local IRS Offices
All the offices are closed so I guess if u have the 5071c letter and need to see somebody we're screwed
Did you get stimulus? i got same 5017c letter from irs and didnt file taxes in 2018 was claimed as dependent but filed 2019 taxs already in march all the sudden I got 5017c letter ..................HELP
Yes, The IRS is depositing some stimulus payments onto prepaid debit cards for filers that chose to receive their refund through that method.
So i will still get my stimulus even if i got a 5071C letter?
Has anyone received their stimulus that currently can't confirm their identity with the IRS? The ***holes made it impossible to confirm our identities. Easy way to not pay the tax payer right there
I had the same thing happen to me as well. Then I found out that the IRS has a website which is www.4irs.gov on there it'll tell you where your stimulus package was sent mine was sent to my chime account which I use for last year's taxes I don't use that card anymore so now I have to do a change of phone number with chime and all kinds of hoops to jump through in order to get that stimulus check mean while I'm going to do the same thing as you you can't verify your identity because I don't have any current home loans or credit cards they won't do debit cards. and you call the number on the letter which currently online it says call the letter which is false because you called a phone number and it tells you do the coronavirus we are not taking calls and just hangs up on you so I signed up for the m Max with TurboTax I called her office today which is Sunday they're not going to be open till tomorrow but I believe if they can't help me I'm not sure where to turn. So I guess I'll keep posted an updated on here but to answer your question look at where your 2018 taxes were sent and it's going to that account exactly how many dependents you have an everything from 2018 is what it's based off of for your stimulus check
I recieved my stimulus refund 04\23\2020. I have been waiting for 8 weeks to get a response on my Identity Verfication/ 5071C form. You cant contact ANYONE right now all i can say is Stay as humble as possible and put it in Gods hands, and save every dime you get!!!
You are lucky.
it’s been 6 painful weeks and counting we filed for tax returns. Myself and my family. The guy handling our tax returns screwed us over and Did an inexperienced job. Now all our returns were suspended for identity reasons. After 3 weeks we were sent the dreaded 5071c letter. After another 2 weeks of haplessness , I was fortunately able to process the online identification and was successful by Gods Mercies. It’s one week 4 days after the successful identification process on irs online. Yet the main site is still saying unable to process your returns. Identify issues. Which has been resolved already.
No tax returns. No Covid relief funds. And we are in HELL as we speak. Already behind in rent due to no job from my wife’s end and my job no longer regular. God. This is Hell on earth right now for some of us.
I beg the IRS to please have mercy and look into our cases. Things are falling apart. For me and my family.
This is me! I filed via turbo tax same as every other year and i never filed for 2018! And don't know how. For some reason I received a 5071C letter and every thing is closed, so as i single mother i am not only blessed to be out of work but i also didn't receive the money for federal my refund, let alone the stimulus packages!!!
I finally verified today how long till i get my refund and stimulus check since i was successful online verifying ? Also did anyone on here verify there id and get there stimulus? (Also did not file taxes in 2018)
So you did receive your stimulus? Before you was able to verify your identity? That's exactly what I was wondering if u could still receive the stimulus before being able to Verify.
So what if the IRS sent me a debit card for my taxes. But then received 5071c. Would the stimulus be put on that
@Brittany 19 wrote:
So what if the IRS sent me a debit card for my taxes. But then received 5071c. Would the stimulus be put on that
The debit card you received from the IRS is for the stimulus payment only.
No preparer who filed my taxes ordered me the card. Because I do not have a bank account. And this was before stimulus checks had even been mentioned. An I recieved the 5071c letter. To verify my identity. So I'm curious if it will even go on that card? It's an American Express card. But since I ordered when taxes we're filed for my taxes specifically then im curious if they would put it on there??
@Brittany 19 wrote:
No preparer who filed my taxes ordered me the card. Because I do not have a bank account. And this was before stimulus checks had even been mentioned. An I recieved the 5071c letter. To verify my identity. So I'm curious if it will even go on that card? It's an American Express card. But since I ordered when taxes we're filed for my taxes specifically then im curious if they would put it on there??
The IRS sent you an American Express debit card?
Your tax refund will not be deposited onto the card you received. If you do not have bank account the IRS will send the federal tax refund as a check mailed to the address on your tax return.
For the debit card you received, go to this IRS website for information (Question 45) - https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payment-information-center#receiving
A45. Some payments may be sent on a prepaid debit card known as The Economic Impact Payment Card The Economic Impact Payment Card is sponsored by the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service, managed by Money Network Financial, LLC and issued by Treasury’s financial agent, MetaBank®, N.A.
If you receive an Economic Impact Payment Card, it will arrive in a plain envelope from “Money Network Cardholder Services.” The Visa name will appear on the front of the Card; the back of the Card has the name of the issuing bank, MetaBank®, N.A. Information included with the Card will explain that the card is your Economic Impact Payment Card. Please go to EIPcard.com for more information.
I received the same form and sent all my paperwork in, overnighted to the address specified, in April, because I didn't have a credit card or student loan to verify it online. Covid hit shortly after.
It is October and just YESTERDAY, the Where's My Refund tool FINALLY changed and said it was mailed out yesterday. I haven't received my stimulus check because of this...the status of my stimulus check hasn't changed when I check online...it's still saying there's no information right now. I'm wondering if I will now get my Stimulus check, now that my identity has been verified and my Federal tax refund has finally been mailed?!. Does anyone have anymore updated info on this???
I got a 5071c letter for my tax return.Will it affect me from getting my 2021 stimulus payment.
It depends, @lsanders5280. Have you received any other stimulus payments or tax returns in the past. If so, you should receive the 3rd stimulus payment -- they will be sending them out over the next several weeks. However, if the letter you received is to verify your 2020 return and if that return is the first return you have filed and you claimed the full amount of the recovery rebate (for stimulus payments #1 and #2) on that return, I would suspect that your 3rd stimulus payment will be delayed until you respond to the 5071C.
For current information regarding the 3rd stimulus payment and other legislative changes that have occurred recently, please see the latest updates found here.