The IRS stimulus payment site says info not available If they already sent the check, would it tell me so?
January 11, 2009 by Tax Blog
Filed under Questions & Answers
Ray G asked:
According to the IRS schedule, based on SSN, I should have received my check weeks ago. Does the IRS web site tell you the date that the checks were sent?
According to the IRS schedule, based on SSN, I should have received my check weeks ago. Does the IRS web site tell you the date that the checks were sent?
miko on Sun, 11th Jan 2009 10:08 pm
My check was do by direct deposit on May 3. I just received a letter in the mail saying that my check will be issued on June 13th and that it will be sent by mail and the amount I will receive. I checked the website aand it said the same thing. It looks like about two weeks before your check is due you will receive a statement in the mail and the system will update itself.
Christy T on Tue, 13th Jan 2009 7:35 pm
I did the same thing today, it said info not available. So I called them and after almost an hour, I got a live person. They told me my payment for taxes had been processed but I am not getting my stimulus check because I didn’t send in my taxes! Well, they got the check so they had to have received my taxes. I sent it certified mail and it was received. The IRS told me I had to resend my taxes to them (not an extra payment though, because they have that) and it would be another 6-8 weeks before I get my check. PLEASE CALL the IRS and see if they lost your returns as well. There were a lot of lost taxes this year.
bostonianinmo on Thu, 15th Jan 2009 9:14 am
When it says info not available it means that yours has not been processed yet. Once your payment has been processed, the site will update automatically.
Many folks incorrectly assumed that they would receive their payment by direct deposit but are actually getting a check in the mail. Obviously you’re in that group.
Judy on Sun, 18th Jan 2009 2:21 am
A lot of people have thought they were getting direct deposit but for whatever reason aren’t, so are assuming they’ll get it earlier than they really are. For example, if you had a tax prep place do your return and had your fees taken out of your refund, you aren’t eligible for direct deposit.
Check your bank statement from when the original refund came – if it says US Treasury you should be OK for direct deposit as long as that account is still open, and you didn’t split your refund into multiple accounts. Otherwise, you’ll get a paper check
Since the first round of direct deposits is done, it sounds likely that you’ll be getting a paper check.
The other possibility is that you filed too late for your return to be processed by the 4/15 cutoff to make the first round of stimulus payments