Individuals can view the total ... Account. Through March 2022, we'll also send Letter 6475 to the address we have on file for you confirming the total amount of your third Economic Impact Payment and any plus-up payments you received for tax year 2021....

IR-2022-72, March 30, 2022 — With the completion of special mailings of all Letters 6475 to recipients of the third-round of Economic Impact Payments, the Internal Revenue Service reminds people to accurately claim any remaining third-round stimulus payment on their 2021 income tax return ...

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To help people claim these benefits, without charge, Free File will remain open for an extra month this year, until November 17, 2022. Available only at IRS.gov/freefile, Free File enables people whose incomes are $73,000 or less to file a return online for free using brand-name software.

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November 14, 2025 - These payments, totaling $2.4 billion, target individuals who left the credit field blank or entered $0 despite being eligible for pandemic-era stimulus funds. The IRS identified these cases through internal reviews and began sending payments ...

March 20, 2023 - Federal stimulus checks were issued for tax years 2020 and 2021----not for tax year 2022. There is no place on a 2022 tax return to enter anything about stimulus checks. If you did not receive the first or second stimulus check for 2020 ($1200 and $600) , you have to use the recovery rebate ...

Claim your Stimulus Payments · Claim your first, second, or third stimulus check! You can claim the stimulus payments as a tax credit and get the money as part of your tax refund. The stimulus checks are a federal tax credit, known as the Recovery Rebate Credit.

Letter 6475 helps EIP recipients determine if they’re eligible to claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax year returns.

October 21, 2025 - Notice 1444: Shows the first Economic ... Letter 6475: Through March 2022, IRS sent this letter confirming the total amount of the third Economic Impact Payment and any plus-up payments you received for tax year 2021....

March 16, 2021 - For example, if you owed $1,000 in taxes but had a refundable tax credit of $1,200, you'd get a $200 tax refund check from Uncle Sam. Because you're getting what amounts to a refundable tax credit now in the form of a third stimulus payment, rather than waiting to get the money from the credit in 2022 when you actually file your 2021 tax return, you're in effect getting an advanced refundable tax credit.

November 17, 2025 - Approximately 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks. The funds will be directly deposited into eligible individuals' bank accounts or sent via paper check.

2 weeks ago - The Treasury Department and the IRS continue to expand outreach to millions of homeless, rural poor, and other disadvantaged Americans to ensure that they receive Economic Impact Payments. This includes new and continued relationships with homeless shelters, legal aid clinics, and providing Economic Impact Payment information in more than 35 languages. To check the status of your Economic Impact Payment, please visit the IRS Get my Payment page

August 18, 2025 - If your third stimulus check didn’t ... money when you file your 2021 federal tax return (which you file in 2022). To find the amount of the stimulus payment you’ve received, you can: Refer to the IRS notices that were mailed to you....

In the coming weeks, Treasury plans to develop a web-based portal for individuals to provide their banking information to the IRS online, so that individuals can receive payments immediately as opposed to checks in the mail.

If you received your refund by direct deposit this year, you’ll likely receive your rebate by direct deposit in the same bank account. All other eligible taxpayers will receive their rebate by paper check in the mail.