What to do if your stimulus check is deposited into the wrong bank account

Officially, the IRS began sending the second stimulus check this Monday, January 4 . The former will be sent through direct deposits into the bank accounts of eligible individuals. However, it is possible that some of these accounts are no longer used by their owners.

And you should take into account that the IRS is distributing the second check stimulus based on the information you provided on your 1200 tax return, on the Get My Payment , or in the Non-Filers .

Unfortunately, it is currently impossible to change that data that you already gave, so the check will be sent to the bank account you put there .

In the In the first round of stimulus checks that began being issued in March 2020, the IRS said banks would reject deposits that were sent to bank accounts that were closed and then sent payments by mail.

Therefore, this process will be the same this time.

Is say that if you closed an account you previously gave to the IRS, they will send your second paper stimulus check through traditional mail. All this, after the bank notifies them that your account is inactive, as reported in the portal Money .

So you know, if your money was sent to the wrong account, take a good look in your mailbox, because that’s where the second stimulus check will arrive .

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