If you have not received either of the two stimulus checks even though you have met the necessary requirements, you can claim both as Refund Recovery Credits when filing your tax return this year before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Through a statement, the IRS informed taxpayers that if they do not receive the by January money that corresponds to them from the second stimulus check and they did not receive the one approved under the Cares Act, they must complete the additional procedure to that the authorities process the amount.
In the first distribution process that the government began last March, millions of citizens did not receive the payment because the IRS did not have the personal information necessary to process it. The agency enabled the online tool “Non-filers” for potential recipients to provide their data and thus expedite the disbursement.
The term to use the service expired on 21 last November, not all eligible people claimed the money through the tool. This explains part of the fact that at this time many citizens still do not receive the stimulus check of the first round or its corresponding amount.
For this second round of stimulus checks, Non- filers is not enabled, at the moment. Therefore, the IRS asks that the payment owed from the first round, the second or both be claimed through the tax credit on this year’s federal tax return.
By law, the IRS and Treasury must complete the submission of most payments by 15 January. If by the end of the month, you have not received yours , you must resort to the option of requesting the credit. In addition to this, it is essential to go to the IRS to clarify all kinds of doubts, since this government agency is the only one in charge of distributing the checks.
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