stimulus checks

Millions of people have already received their stimulus checks, including many dead taxpayers. That has left some San Diegans wondering what they should do with the money.

Democrats have unveiled their plan for the next phase of coronavirus funding, which includes another round of stimulus payments of up to $1,200 per person. Republicans lawmakers say spending should be narrow and targeted.

NBC 7 Responds reporter Consumer Bob explains what to do if a deceased loved one got a stimulus check.

There’s still time to submit your bank account information to the IRS to get your $1,200 stimulus payment more quickly. But that window is closing, the IRS said on Friday. Americans who qualify for a one-time payment now have until noon on Wednesday, May 13, to get their money faster by submitting their direct deposit information on the Get My Payment site. After...

The federal government wants the money it sent dead people returned, NBC News reports.

The US government has distributed about 130 million economic impact payments to taxpayers in less than 30 days

Millions of dollars in federal relief payments are flowing into taxpayers’ bank accounts via direct deposit

Thirteen tenants who rent from a Santa Rosa landlord got a huge break for the month of April when he decided to give his entire stimulus check to his tenants.

Some deceased Americans are receiving their portion of the stimulus money being sent out to help people through the coronavirus, and bereaved families are asking what to do with it.

Millions of Americans are eligible for “economic impact payments” as a result of the recently passed $2.2 trillion stimulus bill. But what does the stimulus bill mean to you and how do you get your payment?

This week was supposed to include Tax Day, when personal income taxes are traditionally due. Instead, it marked a different big milestone: the beginning of the coronavirus stimulus payments. Now, Congress has updated its timeline on when subsequent rounds of payments can be expected. Here’s the latest, according to the House Ways and Means Committee. Who Gets Paid First...

Relatives of dead Americans all over the country are receiving coronavirus relief payments from the U.S. Treasury Department on behalf of the loved ones this week. Many are confused. Was it a mistake? Are they required to send it back? Some of them have already tried to. Either way, they can rest easy.

Millions of Americans may have had their coronavirus stimulus payments held up by glitches if they were customers of tax preparation services, according to a new report. Here’s why those payments could have been delayed, and what one major tax preparation service is saying about the issue.

Stimulus checks are showing up in people’s bank accounts. Millions of people will get checks, but some of the hardest hit populations are missing out because of several loopholes in the law.

There are a lot of questions and concerns about the new stimulus checks. NBC 7’s Consumer Bob has the details.

Paper checks of coronavirus relief payments approved by Congress to be sent to Americans will have President Donald Trump’s name printed on them, a Treasury Department official has confirmed to NBC News.

Americans are starting to receive their cash payments via direct deposits, part of the $2 trillion bill passed by Congress to stimulate the economy after the decline caused by the pandemic, NBC News reports. “#IRS deposited the first Economic Impact Payments into taxpayers’ bank accounts today. We know many people are anxious to get their payments; we’ll continue issuing them as fast...

Scam artists are up to their old tricks, but with a new twist: exploiting confusion around the government’s stimulus check program to defraud people to give up banking and personal information.

For millions of Americans awaiting coronavirus cash, help is not on the way, NBC News reports.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning the public not to fall victim to a COVID-19 scam. The IRS said scammers are trying to get personal information and COVID-19 Economic Impact payments. As the IRS begins to distribute COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments, for most it will be a direct deposit into their bank accounts, but the elderly or other groups…