Stimulus direct deposit, checks and EIP cards.

[Gumby]

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Originally Posted by jazz4cash Seems rather odd that the rollout is based on exactly 10k increments throughout the entire range of AGIs. While it’s good to start at lower AGIs, they need to figure out how to get more checks out sooner. The distribution appears to be based on 10k increments rather than capacity to distribute checks.

Good point. I would expect the number of checks to shrink as the income bands rise.

[SecondCor521]

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Originally Posted by Gumby Good point. I would expect the number of checks to shrink as the income bands rise.

And the dollar amounts on those checks would also shrink, and the amount spent vs. saved from those checks would probably also shrink, so from the point of view of stimulating the economy the earlier checks are probably vastly more relevant.

I will note that the schedule posted here does not appear to be present on IRS.gov, but does appear in a Yahoo! Finance article with no authoritative cite. I also think the AGI bands being in $10K increments is fishy. So personally I suspect it is an unfounded rumor that is unlikely to be true.

I think it is more likely that the IRS will print as many checks as physically possible (I have heard 5M per week). The IRS has stated they will go in ascending AGI order.

[John Galt III]

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Originally Posted by FIREd_2015 IRS Schedule For Mailing Paper Checks Taxpayer AGI..........Date Check Mailed $0 to $10000................April 24 $10,001 to $20,000........May 1 $20,001 to $30,000........May 8 $30,001 to $40,000........May 15 $40,001 to $50,000........May 22 $50,001 to $60,000........May 29 $60,001 to $70,000........June 5 $70,001 to $80,000........June 12 $80,001 to $90,000........June 19 $90,001 to $100,000.......June 26 $100,001 to $110,000.....July 3 $110,001 to $120,000.....July 10 $120,001 to $130,000.....July 17 $130,001 to $140,000.....July 24 $140,001 to $150,000.....July 31 $150,001 to $160,000.....August 7 $160,001 to $170,000.....August 14 $170,001 to $180,000.....August 21 $180,001 to $190,000.....August 28 $190,001 to $200,000.....September 4

Beautiful chart, FIREd. Thanks.

[donheff]

Nice chart of check dates but where did it come from?

[blueskyk]

I entered bank account info on the first day the IRS website was up and nothing has happened except to get that helpful "Payment Status Not Available" message.

Here's what the FAQ page says about this message:

"The Get My Payment application will return "Payment Status Not Available" for several reasons, including:
You are required to file a tax return, but:

We haven't finished processing your 2019 return

The application doesn't yet have your data; we’re working on adding more data to allow more people to use it."

We filed our 2019 return in March. The second reason they provide for the message appears a bit bizarre to me. Clearly the application does have my data or it wouldn't have told me I was eligible for a payment? And, well, I hope not a lot of people are going to use my data...

[audreyh1]

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Originally Posted by audreyh1 OK - looks like they fixed their bug. I’ll have to try again.

No, 0 refund still did not work for me.

I guess CaptTom didn’t try again because he got the notice of a check in the mail already scheduled.

[fh2000]

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Originally Posted by John Galt III Beautiful chart, FIREd. Thanks.

I googled it and see it is published from below Forbes article at least:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimwang.../#56b0c0ed5438

I am also waiting for my check. I will find out if the schedule is accurate.

[jazz4cash]

I see it says that the list of dates vs income is from an IRS internal memo viewed by the Washington Post. Nothing official about that. Another thing that is not clear is if MFJ earning 50k gets their check later than a single filer earning 40k.

[target2019]

All's well that ends well. Deposit scheduled for Wednesday.
Eventually the system found our 2019 return, and put us in the q...

[ER_Hopeful]

tried checking my payment status on irs site today and several times last week (the page where you enter ssn, dob, street, zip), keep getting "Payment Status Not Available" message. Is this normal?

We file electronically for 2018, refund with direct deposit
didn't file 2019 yet
filed jointly with AGI under $120k. so I should be eligible.

[DallasGuy]

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Originally Posted by ER_Hopeful tried checking my payment status on irs site today and several times last week (the page where you enter ssn, dob, street, zip), keep getting "Payment Status Not Available" message. Is this normal? We file electronically for 2018, refund with direct deposit didn't file 2019 yet filing jointly with AGI under $120k. so I should be eligible.

Same here. Filed in 2018 and applied refund to 2019 taxes. Haven't filed in 2019 yet. I'm getting the same "Payment Status Not Available" message.

[Fermion]

The portal still doesn't work if you received a refund but applied it to next year's taxes (if you put in the refund you would have received it says does not match records and if you put in zero for a refund it says technical difficulties).

Let us hope none of these programmers are the ones working on national defense systems.

[Gumby]

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Originally Posted by Fermion The portal still doesn't work if you received a refund but applied it to next year's taxes (if you put in the refund you would have received it says does not match records and if you put in zero for a refund it says technical difficulties). Let us hope none of these programmers are the ones working on national defense systems.

Nah, they are all on loan from the Boeing spaceship program.

[ncbill]

when will the physical checks go out?

I'm hoping for $1,200 for my dead relative...it would really help with estate expenses.

[fh2000]

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Originally Posted by ncbill when will the physical checks go out? I'm hoping for $1,200 for my dead relative...it would really help with estate expenses.

Check back post #427. There is a list of dates.

[harllee]

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Originally Posted by Fermion The portal still doesn't work if you received a refund but applied it to next year's taxes (if you put in the refund you would have received it says does not match records and if you put in zero for a refund it says technical difficulties). Let us hope none of these programmers are the ones working on national defense systems.

This is the exact problem I am having. I feel like I am being punished for letting the IRS keep my 2019 refund to put toward 2020. No good deed goes unpunished!

[Sunset]

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Originally Posted by Fermion .. Let us hope none of these programmers are the ones working on national defense systems.

No kidding.
I have an account with them, can login and see all my estimated tax payments, etc...

So how can they not know about me

[Sunset]

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Originally Posted by ER_Hopeful tried checking my payment status on irs site today and several times last week (the page where you enter ssn, dob, street, zip), keep getting "Payment Status Not Available" message. Is this normal? ...

Must be normal, I get that every day

[frank]

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Originally Posted by Sunset Must be normal, I get that every day

I get it everyday also. I just read on the internet last night that they are talking about a second round of checks. could be not true. If they are I wonder if I'll get the first one before they start sending out the second.

[MRG]

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Originally Posted by Fermion The portal still doesn't work if you received a refund but applied it to next year's taxes (if you put in the refund you would have received it says does not match records and if you put in zero for a refund it says technical difficulties). Let us hope none of these programmers are the ones working on national defense systems.

This app smells like a prototype pushed into production.
The last thing developers do is proper error handling. It's overlooked in the early development phase as you want to prove the happy path, later error cases are added and refined.