Your stimulus check may already be in your bank account
The direct deposits will continue into next week, while paper checks will be mailed out beginning Wednesday. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said that the Treasury and the IRS are working with “unprecedented speed” to issue the second round of payments.
The $600 is half of what Americans received in the first round of stimulus payments Congress approved back in March. It took two weeks after that first Covid-19 relief bill was passed for the IRS to start sending out the money — but some eligible recipients still haven’t received it, months later.
An individual’s most recent tax returns determines their eligibility for the stimulus payment.
Anyone who made under $75,000 as an individual or $150,000 as a couple would receive the full amount.
In a statement Sunday, Trump signaled that he had only signed the second $900 billion Covid-19 relief package after securing a commitment for the Senate to consider legislation to increase the amount Americans received to $2,000.
