The tool can alert you every time a letter with your name is about to be delivered
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He Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began mailing on second stimulus check . If you qualify for another direct payment, there are three ways you could receive it . But if you haven’t received direct deposit from the IRS yet, you will receive a paper check or a EIP card in your mailbox.
As a way to discourage the fraud and the theft of stimulus checks, the envelope with your money can not clearly showing that it contains a check . That’s where a free app of the United States Postal Service (USPS) can help you. Enrolling in the service will allow you to track where your second stimulus check or EIP card is and when could it arrive preventing you from accidentally throwing the envelope containing your check or card thinking that it is garbage.
There is one other thing you should know. Although the second stimulus check seems to be coming faster this time, there is a deadline to receive your check, the 15 from January. If you don’t receive your payment in the mail by then, you’ll need to file a claim during tax season to get your money. That is called Recovery Refund Credit and may delay the deadline for receiving your next check. Now we will explain how you can use the service of the USPS to track your stimulus check.
Free USPS Tracking Tool
Informed Delivery is a free mail tracking service from USPS that automatically scans your letters and that can alert you with an image each time a letter with your name is about to be delivered , including your second stimulus payment.
You must bear in mind that the tool will show you all the documents scanned by the post office, not just your stimulus payment.
How can you track the letter What does your check contain? mule?
This application may take three business days to activate your account after setting it up. Once active, you will receive an email every morning , from Monday to Saturday, if the mail is scheduled to arrive a notification in your account will be delivered together with a grayscale image of the front of the letter.
The free application of the “Informed Delivery” service is available on the platforms Android and iOS .
The service is available for a large number of PO box addresses in the United States and although it is enabled for individuals it is not available for businesses . It may also not work for some buildings where the USPS has not identified some properties.
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How to check if the service is available in your area?
1. Go to the page of Informed Delivery Postal Service and press the button and register for free.
2.Enter your postal address and tap on the option “Continue” . If the service is available, you can create an account.
You must also set the delivery address and configure your account:
- You must register on the page of Informed Delivery from the Postal Service.
So far the tool of Internal rents service (IRS) “ Get My Payment ”is not enabled on their website that allows you to track the status of your payment from second stimulus check . The agency is expected to enable its service in the course of the week that begins.
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