If you qualify for the $1,400 relief payment but don’t receive it directly in your bank account, the IRS may be sending you a check or EIP debit card, so you’ll need to watch your mailbox.
The IRS says that if you do not receive the $1,400 relief payment by Wednesday, March 24, it means that your relief payment was sent to you in the form of a paper check or EIP debit card, so you need to Check your Home mailbox.
If you qualify for $1,400 in relief but do not receive it directly in your bank account, the IRS may send you a check or EIP debit card.
You can receive the third round of relief up to $1,400 through three different methods: direct deposit, paper check or EIP debit card. However, the IRS says March 24 is the last day to get direct deposit in.
New Yorkers began receiving the $1,400 direct deposit relief around March 17, and after a week in which the IRS distributed a total of 90 million relief payments, the IRS is now working to distribute a second wave of approximately 20 million paper checks and EIP debit cards to be issued.
The paper check or EIP debit card is sent by the U.S. Treasury in a white envelope through the post office; for taxpayers who receive their refunds through the mail, the paper check looks similar to a tax refund check, but you will see the words “Economically Impacted Payment” marked in the memo. Impact Payment.
The information on the back of the card will state “Economic Impact Payment” and each email will contain instructions on how to safely activate and use the card. They can also use the card to make purchases at stores that accept Visa debit cards or online.
A member of the public asked why the IRS chose to send him a check even though he wanted the relief money to go directly to his account. The IRS replied that it is possible that this happened because the bank declined the deposit because the bank information was invalid or the bank account was closed.
Taxpayers who have direct deposit information with the IRS will receive direct deposit relief, or if the IRS does not have the taxpayer’s direct deposit information, the relief will be issued by mailing a check or debit card.
If the relief payment is sent to a closed bank account, the IRS will instead send a relief check to an address that is on file with the IRS.
The IRS specifically reminds people not to call the agency, and encourages taxpayers to find out more information through the “Get My Payment” tool on IRS.gov, available in Chinese at https://tinyurl.com/t495szr4. Go to “Once you enter your Social Security number, date of birth, and address, you can find out if the money has been sent, how it was paid (direct deposit or by mail), and the date the relief was paid.
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