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holding my stimulus why???

lauralong999 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:41:21 GMT

i filed my taxes almost 2 months ago now, was supposed to receive it direct deposit in 21 days, had to claim my stimulus from 2021 because i never received it. after the 21 days it took an additional month for my taxes to hit my account just for them to hold my whole stimulus and not give a reason on why. it was never cashed. it was never received. i just want my money!! i’ve tried 10 different phone numbers and none will answer, keeps saying they’re busy and try again tomorrow but i’ve been trying for a whole week now. HELP

Re: holding my stimulus why???

DanP0428 — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:22:31 GMT

You are saying you never got your stimulus and the IRS is saying that they sent it. You both may be right. Some people received it on a credit card and threw it away because they thought it was junk mail. Some people had a check mailed to them and the check was stolen. Some people got the money deposited to their checking account and never noticed it.

What you need to do now is trace what happened to your stimulus money. Contact the IRS, ask if the stimulus was sent to you, and then ask to start a trace on the payment.

Re: holding my stimulus why???

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 04:47:23 GMT

LOTS of people have made mistakes this year with the recovery rebate credit by "forgetting" that they received the $1400 per person stimulus checks last year. They answered no to the questions for the recovery recovery rebate credit and put the $1400 per person on line 30 of their returns. But you cannot get it twice, so the IRS removes it when it is there by mistake.

Try checking your online account with the IRS

https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account

Does the IRS show that you received a $1400 stimulus or EIP check in 2021? Did you receive it? When you were asked on your tax return did you say no? Was there $1400 on line 30 of your tax return?

If the IRS says you got $1400 last year but you did not receive it you can have it traced.

LOST THIRD STIMULUS CHECK

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/questions-and-answers-about-the-third-economic-impact-payment-topic-j-payment-issued-but-lost-stolen-destroyed-or-not-received