If you don’t usually file a tax return, or didn’t file a return for 2018 or 2019, you might not know you could qualify for an economic impact payment under the CARES Act. You might be one of the nine million people getting a letter from the IRS letting you know how to register on their website to claim your payment. The new deadline for filing is November 21, 2020.
If you get this letter from the IRS, it will instruct you to go to the IRS’s website at IRS.gov/EIP, or call them directly at 800-919-9835 to register to claim your payment. You only have until November 21st to file for your stimulus payment.
Economic Stimulus Payments from the CARES Act were distributed starting in April. Individuals who have not already receive a stimulus payment and are eligible to receive one will be mailed a letter.
BEWARE OF STIMULUS PAYMENT SCAMS
If someone claiming to be from the IRS calls, emails, or texts about helping you get your stimulus payment, that person is running a government imposter scam on you. Hang up, and don’t respond to or click on any links in texts or emails.
Why? Because the IRS will not text, email, or call you about your economic impact payment. The IRS will also never ask you to pay a fee to get your money.
Visit the IRS’s website IRS.gov/EIP to find out more about stimulus payments. Also, be sure to tell the FTC if someone pretending to be from the government contacts you. FTC.gov/complaint