2021 Stimulus

[JtnJenna]

So in my 2021 taxes my economic stimulus is 0. Which means I have not recieved payment correct? I have not gotten the automatic payment for 2025 yet. Should I do anything to update my taxes or should I wait out to still recueve a deposit from the IRS? The April 15th deadline is coming soon and I don't want to miss out, even though they say they will send it automatically if I haven't revieved.

[Vanessa A]

There is not an automatic payment for 2025.

Click here to use the IRS tools to find out if you received your stimulus check for 2021.  If you did not, did you file a tax return for 2021?  If not, you will need to file a tax return for the years you did not receive the payment. You can click here to access past year TurboTax Programs to file the years you did not file.  

[JtnJenna]

So I did file a 2021 tax return. When I look back where the economic payments are it says 0. So I filed but did not recieve payment correct? I thought the IRS was automatically paying people who did not recueve but filed taxes. Is this incorrect? What should I do, do I still have to re-file even though I already did in 2022, for my 2021 taxes?

[Vanessa A]

Did you possibly get it separate?  Some people got them as a direct deposit at a time different from filing their taxes.  Click this link to check your online account to be sure you did not get it.  If you did not, then you would need to contact the IRS for further instruction 

[JtnJenna]

So when it says on the IRS web page that it is automatically sending payments for people that did not recieve this stimulus is incorrect? I need to contact them? I only ask this because they said it should be automatic. And I looked in my online tax records and the box says 0 that they tell me to check, meaning i never recieved anything 

[Vanessa A]

Due to the fact that we are less than a month away from the 3 year mark for 2021 filing, it would be a good idea to contact the IRS instead of just "wait and see"  There may be a reason you never received yours, but 3 years later, it is better to actively seek out the answer instead of just waiting to see what is happening.