If you used the services of an online tax preparer to file your taxes, your coronavirus stimulus check may be delayed.

Many students are ineligible to receive the $1,200 stimulus check because they are claimed as dependents on their parents’ tax return. Since mid-April, the federal government has sent out millions of stimulus payments to Americans in an attempt to prevent a crippling recessio n as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Story

The IRS has come up with a press release to help people file their 2020 taxes, especially those who didn't get coronavirus stimulus checks, or got less than what they expected.

If you want to know more about the Paycheck Protection Program loan, check out this explainer made by lawyers.

The Treasury Department is downplaying estimates that suggest the final checks won’t arrive until September. Only time will tell. If you haven’t already received your Economic Impact Payment via direct deposit and are expecting it to come in the mail instead, your stimulus check’s arrival date depends on two details: Your income level in your 2019 taxes (or, if you haven’t filed yet, your 2018 taxes), and whether or not you filed taxes jointly last year. Read Full Story

Check your tax return for these items to make sure you aren't overpaying.

The Internal Revenue Service is making a yet another last-ditch attempt to contact non-filers who have not received Economic Impact Payments. After making a last-ditch attempt to reach millions of eligible Americans who still haven’t received a $1,200 stimulus check, the Internal Revenue Service is now making a last last-ditch attempt. Read Full Story

Still, some Americans could wait up to five months to receive their check.

3 p.m. ET Saturday is the final deadline to submit your info in order to receive your outstanding stimulus payment. Many Americans received their Economic Impact Payment (aka stimulus check) earlier this year—so far, about 160 million of them. However, there are still plenty of Americans that have yet to do so. One big reason for that is those Americans are likely to be ones that are not required to file a tax return—and thus the Internal Revenue Service does not have updated address or bank account info to send them their stimulus funds. Read Full Story

Capitol Hill could OK the checks by next week, but it may be days, weeks, or even months before you see the money. Congress is hustling to deliver a coronavirus stimulus package before it breaks for the holidays, and it’s looking likely that we’ll see some form of aid stamped out in the next few days. And if news sources are correct, for Americans that could include a second round of individual stimulus checks, although negotiations have trimmed the amount from $1,200 to $600 per person. Read Full Story