Still haven't received your third stimulus check? What you should check to solve it

A change of address that is not notified to the IRS, for example, may be a sufficient reason for you not to have in your hands the third stimulus check

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Although the third stimulus check was released in March, there are many Americans who have not received it and there are various reasons why a taxpayer is in this situation unlike others who have already received it and even

Every stimulus check is distributed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which has a distribution calendar for all stimulus sponsored by the government from the United States. The way the checks are distributed are through batches of deliveries, perhaps yours has not been released by said reason .

It is important that you take into account that the lots released by the IRS are distributed in direct payments by means of deposits or are sent by mail to the taxpayers’ addresses by means of a paper check or debit card. This explains a bit the reason for the slowness of the process.

Under this scenario, those who receive the amount of the check in their bank account do not have to worry, since the money will come. But for those who receive it in the traditional way, they must necessarily be aware of the correspondence that reaches their mailbox.

Another point to consider if the tax agency sent you payment by mail is the fact that it will not arrive immediately and may take a few days or weeks so that you have it in your hands even though it has been released in a timely manner.

If you have questions about how your payment would be, it is recommended that you use the tool Get My Payment provided by the IRS to be sure of how you will receive the corresponding money from the check and if it has already been sent in any of the lots that have been released.

Now, if the Internal Revenue Service sent you the check to your mailbox, you must be very careful to review the correspondence that has arrived or that will arrive, since due to an oversight or you may think that some envelope that reaches you is not important and you end up throwing it away .

Another scenario that explains why you have not received the third check from Stimulus possibly has to do with a change of address, as well as a change of bank account and you did not notify the IRS, so it is essential that you contact the federal agency to find out what your current status is.

The above options are undoubtedly the most common, but there are other explanations that may not be very encouraging for you. One of them is that you have a debt and that it has been detected and with the money from the stimulus check it was paid, so there is no way to claim it.

Another possible explanation is that you have not done your tax return , a situation that complicates things, since one of the criteria that will be weighed in the IRS to know if someone is eligible is their tax return, so if you have not done it you should hurry otherwise you probably won’t have check.

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