Economic Impact Payments

Stimulus negotiations and when they resume. Congress went on recess last week without passing a new stimulus relief bill, but the growing crisis with the U.S. Postal Service ahead of the presidential election will bring it back into session. House... Read More

Know your stimulus check rights. As talk of a second stimulus heats up, some still find themselves waiting for their first payment under the CARES Act, which passed in March and allotted up to $1200 per person and $6000 for families. If this descr... Read More

Who gets a check in new stimulus bill. A second set of direct checks could be sent to Americans is Congress includes further payments in their next stimulus bill. But some lawmakers are voicing concerns that their constituents had trouble receivin... Read More

$1.4 billion in stimulus to the dead. More than a million Americans who had died received COVID-19 stimulus payments totaling $1.4 billion, a government watchdog said in a report to Congress. The finding is part of a sweeping review of the federal... Read More

Getting unemployment and stimulus check. Here's what you need to know about getting both. Most taxpayers are getting a one time stimulus check n the coming weeks--if they haven't received it already. The payment is up to $1200 for individuals ($24... Read More

Is additional stimulus needed. After several rounds of Covid based stimulus relief bills, authorized by Congress, and passed by President Trump, much debate is surfacing about whether additional stimulus is needed. Most of this debate surrounds fu... Read More

Unemployment and a stimulus check. The CARES Act became law on recently with several financial aid provisions for American households. Two signature pieces of the stimulus package are now arriving--stimulus checks and enhanced unemployment benefit... Read More

Stimulus payment problems part three. Doug McKirahan, a 64 year old San Franciscan, told TIME he struggled to input his information into the IRS Get My Payment tool before finally succeeding last week. But McKirahan said what's most frustrating is... Read More

Stimulus payment part two. This is the second part of a series regarding the problems that are hampering the distribution of the IRS stimulus funds, that Congress and the President passed recently. Some payments were sent to the wrong accounts. Se... Read More

Stimulus payment problems. When the two branches of Congress were able to get together and pass the stimulus bill, America was hopeful that financial relief was on the way. Yet, what America didn't realize was that after years of underfunding the ... Read More