foxfirev5
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Stimulus direct deposit, checks and EIP cards.
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I googled this error message and found lots of forums with people getting the same thing. They all suggested waiting a while and trying again. After 3 or 4 tries I got kicked off the site with a message that said I had exceeded the maximum number of attempts per day and to try again in 24 hours.
We very clearly qualify for the payment but not the automatic direct deposit. I'm just trying to provide my bank info so I don't have to wait for a check. I got the same error when checking for DMIL. Not sure this tool is ready for prime time yet.
jollystomper
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Our payment for $2400 was deposited this morning.
Our 2018 return would not have made us eligible for the payment, but our 2019 return did. We had filed on 3/9 with the direct deposit information .
Our 2018 return would not have made us eligible for the payment, but our 2019 return did. We had filed on 3/9 with the direct deposit information .
I had checked yesterday with no deposit showing. This morning I went to the IRS site and got the same message that my info was not correct. After looking there I logged into my bank and presto the federal stimulus deposit was there! So my wife said oh good now we can go shopping next year when the governor says the stores can open! (Shhh- she can be snarky at times)
gayl
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OK, I can now confirm that the IRS will not look back at your 2018 return for bank account info if you filed a 2019 return that had a balance due. I just entered our bank info at their website.
Some things to try:
If you file jointly, make sure you used the SSN of the first person listed on the return.
Make sure you typed the SSN correctly. It's a masked field, so you can't see what you're typing.
If you don't round when filling out your tax return, then don't enter the cents for your AGI and amount owed and don't round off now. Just enter what's to the left of the decimal point.
If you filed for 2019 and those numbers aren't working, then your return may not have been processed yet. Try the numbers from your 2018 return.
Make sure to use the correct numbers. For 2019, your AGI is line 8b and Amout You Owe is line 23. For 2018, your AGI is line 7 and Amount You Owe is line 22.
Ours landed in our account today too. We also plan on transferring it to out daughter as she's been furloughed and could really use the help right now.
Same here.
In my case, I can't get past the first screen that only asks for SSN, DOB, address, and zip. I know that I'm entering everything correctly, exactly as it appears on our return. But it says, "Payment Status Not Available According to information that we have on file, we cannot determine your eligibility..." It never asks for AGI or anything else. Am I doing something wrong? We filed in 2018 with an amount due. Have not filed yet for 2019. I just want to enter bank info for us and DMIL so we can get the direct deposit.
Ronstar
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Haven't received anything yet. I got the "Payment Status not Available" message from the IRS website. We are eligible per their rules, and my fed tax refund hit my bank account this morning. So this shouldn't be a problem. They have my 2019 income and my bank information.
SumDay
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Our $2400 deposited today. I was wondering how this would work for us.
a. We had a refund coming from our 2018 return, and had that direct deposited to our Ally savings account.
b. We owed Uncle Sam for 2019, and sent them a check from our local bank in early March.
c. We are both receiving Social Security, and it goes in two separate accounts at local banks.
The winner was a! They went back to our 2018 tax return and used that Ally bank info we provided for our 2018 refund.
Interesting. In any event, I'm sharing it with a local community organization that operates a food bank, does financial management counseling and works with clients to find affordable. I also like to support RIP Medical Debt. Every $1 you give provides $100 in medical deb relief.
a. We had a refund coming from our 2018 return, and had that direct deposited to our Ally savings account.
b. We owed Uncle Sam for 2019, and sent them a check from our local bank in early March.
c. We are both receiving Social Security, and it goes in two separate accounts at local banks.
The winner was a! They went back to our 2018 tax return and used that Ally bank info we provided for our 2018 refund.
Interesting. In any event, I'm sharing it with a local community organization that operates a food bank, does financial management counseling and works with clients to find affordable. I also like to support RIP Medical Debt. Every $1 you give provides $100 in medical deb relief.
UnrealizedPotential
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The third times a charm. I was finally able to update my banking information for direct deposit with the IRS. I have read if you try too many times it locks you out for 24 hours. That didn't happen to me. Once I finally got in to give the banking info, it was easy.
So now I continue waiting for the payment.
So now I continue waiting for the payment.
We had the exact opposite happen! Your a and b conditions are true for us also, but c is not. We have not received our payment and when I logged into the site today, they said they didn't have our bank info.
Redbugdave
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Who needs to counterfeit bills when America will do it for free?
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Who needs to counterfeit bills when America will do it for free?
MRG
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Go figure. What the public is told about how quickly something can be done by non-IT folks is not real. Simple application until you add security, and all the small nuisances about the state of someone's returns.
We are debugging the application now.
I don't know what else you can do, other than try again later. Since it failed on multiple returns for you, it might be something like one bad web server that's not able to connect to the database. Sometimes using a different browser will get you routed to a different server, so you could try that.
This morning woke up to a bank deposit txt alert. I logged in to see what it was about because even though this calculator was right on the money https://www.omnicalculator.com/finance/stimulus-payment I actually didn't expect to receive anything and forgot about it.
Thanks cathy. No change with a different browser.
Evidently, that error message is trending on Twitter. There's also a huge thread about it on reddit and some local news outlets are reporting it. Even a YouTube video. So hopefully the IRS is aware and will have it fixed soon.
Some of the comments I read are borderline panicky... people are counting on this money to pay rent and buy baby formula. And now this tool can't tell them when or if they'll see the money in their account.
Evidently, that error message is trending on Twitter. There's also a huge thread about it on reddit and some local news outlets are reporting it. Even a YouTube video. So hopefully the IRS is aware and will have it fixed soon.
Some of the comments I read are borderline panicky... people are counting on this money to pay rent and buy baby formula. And now this tool can't tell them when or if they'll see the money in their account.
GravitySucks
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Got the $1,200. No notice that it increased my share of the National debt by $6,000 or so.
gwraigty
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I was able to add our bank account info this morning. We owed money on our 2019 taxes, so we would have gotten a check instead, if not for this option.
GalaxyBoy
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Who could have predicted this web site would have problems?
gwraigty
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Don't let that stop you. I've been doing take out a little more than normal for us. I figure it's helping to not deplete the grocery store stash as much. Plus, we may now have disruptions in our food supply chains at the meat plants.
