Hi, do I need to pay off my taxes before I can receive my Stimulus Check?

marooncat · ‎May 5, 2020

I currently owe the IRS $800 and I am hoping to pay it off with my Stimulus Check, as I was let go due to the pandemic.

Critter · ‎May 5, 2020

If you didn’t receive payment yet but think you should be getting one, it’s best to check into the portal to make sure your bank account information is on file for a direct deposit. Some ran into issues in recent weeks thinking that, because they paid what they owed the IRS via a bank account that their information would already be on file. It turns out, however, that that only applied to those who received a refund.

In related news, The Washington Post has key dates to watch:

"In an update posted Sunday, the IRS said that if you have successfully entered your bank information “any day until noon on Tuesday, your payment date will be available beginning the following Saturday.” If you miss the Tuesday deadline, you have to wait another week to get a payment date. Or, if your payment has already been processed, you’ll get a check that could take up to 14 days to receive.

“If you receive SSI or Veterans Affairs benefits and didn’t file a tax return for 2018 or 2019, you have until May 5 to use the non-filer tool on the IRS website to receive the $500 payment per dependent child under 17. If you miss the deadline to register dependent children, you will still get your $1,200 payment, but you will have to wait until next year to get the additional $500 when you file a 2020 tax return”

Paper checks are also starting to go out, but remember: Those will take longest, perhaps even into the late summer, to reach everyone who is getting one.

The IRS is now sending paper stimulus checks, and plans to send approximately 5 million paper checks each week. The order of stimulus checks is not random or based on geography. The IRS will send checks starting with taxpayers who have the lowest annual adjusted gross income as reported on their 2018 or 2019 tax return, whichever is more recent. Here is the planned weekly schedule for the IRS to mail stimulus checks based on annual adjusted gross income, as first reported by The Washington Post. All dates represent the “week ending” (for example, the week ending April 24) and the IRS could change this schedule at any time.

Less than $10,000: April 24
$10,001 - $20,000: May 1
$20,001 - $30,000: May 8
$30,001 - $40,000: May 15
$40,001 - $50,000: May 22
$50,001 - $60,000: May 29
$60,001 - $70,000: June 5
$70,001 - $80,000: June 12
$80,001 - $90,000: June 19
$90,001 - $100,000: June 26
$100,001 - $110,000: July 3
$110,001 - $120,000: July 10
$120,001 - $130,000: July 17
$130,001- $140,000: July 24
$140,001 - $150,000: July 31
$150,001 - $160,000: August 7
$160,001 - $170,000: August 14
$170,001 - $180,000: August 21
$180,001 - $190,000: August 28
$190,001 - $198,000: September 4
Remaining checks: September 11

https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2020/04/stimulus-payments-key-dates-if-you-didnt-get-a-check-y...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2020/04/21/stimulus-checks-schedule/#370bb1967b84

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AnnetteB6 · ‎May 5, 2020

No, you do not have to pay your debt to the IRS in order to receive your stimulus payment. Those two things should be unrelated. The only outstanding debt that has an effect on whether you receive your stimulus payment is back child support.

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Critter · ‎May 5, 2020

If you didn’t receive payment yet but think you should be getting one, it’s best to check into the portal to make sure your bank account information is on file for a direct deposit. Some ran into issues in recent weeks thinking that, because they paid what they owed the IRS via a bank account that their information would already be on file. It turns out, however, that that only applied to those who received a refund.

In related news, The Washington Post has key dates to watch:

"In an update posted Sunday, the IRS said that if you have successfully entered your bank information “any day until noon on Tuesday, your payment date will be available beginning the following Saturday.” If you miss the Tuesday deadline, you have to wait another week to get a payment date. Or, if your payment has already been processed, you’ll get a check that could take up to 14 days to receive.

“If you receive SSI or Veterans Affairs benefits and didn’t file a tax return for 2018 or 2019, you have until May 5 to use the non-filer tool on the IRS website to receive the $500 payment per dependent child under 17. If you miss the deadline to register dependent children, you will still get your $1,200 payment, but you will have to wait until next year to get the additional $500 when you file a 2020 tax return”

Paper checks are also starting to go out, but remember: Those will take longest, perhaps even into the late summer, to reach everyone who is getting one.

The IRS is now sending paper stimulus checks, and plans to send approximately 5 million paper checks each week. The order of stimulus checks is not random or based on geography. The IRS will send checks starting with taxpayers who have the lowest annual adjusted gross income as reported on their 2018 or 2019 tax return, whichever is more recent. Here is the planned weekly schedule for the IRS to mail stimulus checks based on annual adjusted gross income, as first reported by The Washington Post. All dates represent the “week ending” (for example, the week ending April 24) and the IRS could change this schedule at any time.