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The government is still sending $1,400 stimulus checks. Why there’s hope if you didn’t get one yet

  • Though the deadline for filing federal tax returns has passed, it may not be too late to claim missing stimulus check money.
  • You can still file in order to get any money that is due to you.
  • Because you could have to pay interest and penalties if instead you owe the government money, it is best to submit your return sooner rather than later.

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Missed out on a federal stimulus check since the pandemic began? Filing a tax return is the best way to get it.

Even though Tax Day has come and gone, it may not too late to claim any missing money.

In March, Congress approved new $1,400 stimulus checks through the American Rescue Plan Act. Those third stimulus payments add to the $1,200 and $600 payments that were approved last year.

In total, about 472 million payments through the first, second and third stimulus checks have been delivered, for a total of more than $807 billion, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said during testimony on Capitol Hill last week.

Since the American Rescue Plan Act was passed, the government continues to send out new payments.

Most of the stimulus checks that are still being issued are directed at taxpayers who are due additional money — so-called plus-up payments — now that their tax returns have been processed. In addition, new checks are also being sent to Americans who typically do not file taxes but recently did so in order to claim the stimulus check money.

Most people should receive their $1,400 stimulus checks and "plus-up" payments, if they're eligible, automatically, according to Erica York, economist at the Tax Foundation.

Payments that are still outstanding mostly represent people who are more difficult to reach, such as those who have no incomes or bank accounts, York said.

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