Monday, December 23

What to do if you received the $ 600 from the second stimulus check, but not the additional money for dependents?

¿Qué hacer si recibió los $600 de segundo cheque de estímulo, pero no el dinero adicional por dependientes?

If your corresponding stimulus check does not arrive or it arrives incomplete, you can claim the IRS through the “Refund Recovery Credit”.

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If you received the amount of $ 600 of the second stimulus check that has already started to be distributed by the IRS and the Department of the Treasury , but not the additional credits for dependents, most likely you will have to ask for the extra funds in the tax return you file this year.

Both Americans eligible to receive the check for $ 600 who do not receive it , as well as those that obtain the amount per individual, but not the $ 600 for each minor dependent age for 15 of January, they must complete additional procedures with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the payment to be processed.

He 15 January is the date established by the Law of Asi Supplemental Nations in Response and Relief to Coronavirus of the 2021 for the relevant agencies to complete the distribution of the majority of the “Economic Impact Payments.”

To the recipients that, for that period of time, do not the incentive or only part of it has arrived, either by direct deposit, paper check or prepaid debit card , you must claim the debt from the IRS using the “Refund Recovery Credit” .

This option is a temporary solution from the IRS to try to ensure that everyone who is creditor of the checks receives the amount that is due.

People who did not get the money from the first round of $ 1, 200 provided under the CARES law or the IRS disbursed a lower amount than the corresponding amount may also request the money owed through the cr Tax credit.

During the process of distributing the first stimulus checks, the IRS enabled the “Non-filers” tool to collect information from eligible Americans from the that the agency did not have data to process the payment.

The service was available until 21 of November.

But, at the moment, the entity has not indicated whether it will reactivate that online alternative for the second round as a complement to the “Refund recovery credit”.