Deductions & credits

Critter-3 · ‎April 25, 2021

This has been a weird situation ... many of my clients got the first and third but the second was MIA. All you can do is enter it on the 2020 return as a credit and see if the IRS agrees you were missed. Otherwise your other option is to put a trace on the missing money like many folks have to do to track down the missing money when the IRS denies the credit claim on the return.

I received Notices 1444 and 1444-B in the mail saying my payment was issued, but I have not received...

If you received Notice 1444 in the mail and have not received your payment as mentioned in the notice, see How do I request a payment trace to track my first or second Economic Impact Payments?

Note: Do not request a payment trace if you are trying to determine eligibility for the payment or the amount of payment you should have received. You must have been issued a notice showing your payments were issued or your online account must show your payment amounts (dates are not provided) to perform a trace.