Lovely joining @marketplace to talk about stimulus checks, which millions of Americans still haven't received. marketplace.org/2020/11/09/irs…
If you didn't get one automatically, you have until Nov. 21 to apply through the IRS' online portal!
sa.www4.irs.gov/irfof-wmsp/log…
If you didn't get one automatically, you have until Nov. 21 to apply through the IRS' online portal!
sa.www4.irs.gov/irfof-wmsp/log…
After the story published, I received a bunch of heartbreaking inquiries from folks who really needed the money and had tried all kinds of things to get it, but kept getting "payment status not available" messages, and couldn't figure out the problem. propublica.org/article/millio…
I wish I had better advice. The IRS doesn't have enough resources to do the kind of casework necessary to cut through computer glitches and other paperwork confusion confronting millions of people. Low income folks often have complicated lives and stuff gets misplaced.
One thing the Treasury could do is stop fighting lawsuits over whether money is due to prisoners and the US citizen family members of undocumented immigrants. The IRS is currently under court order to cut checks to eligible incarcerated people, but time to apply was short.
And the deadline for paper forms, which is usually the only thing prisoners can access, passed last week. It's not clear yet how many prisoners got their checks. The firm litigating on their behalf received thousands of questions about how to make it work. beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2040…
The Treasury's lawyers are supposed to update on the status of their efforts to get payments out to prisoners soon.
Meanwhile, the litigation over spouses of undocumented immigrants is ongoing.
Questions of who's entitled to supposedly universal government assistance remain.
Meanwhile, the litigation over spouses of undocumented immigrants is ongoing.
Questions of who's entitled to supposedly universal government assistance remain.
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