Perfect. Thanks.
@HouseChatte, the following link from MarketWatch gives instructions on returning the check for deceased persons who receive one. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/if-your-dead-relative-received-a-stimulus-check-you-should-return-it-to-the-feds-mnuchin-says-2020-04-29
We got our Debit card today. :neutral:
Seems to be the correct amount- according to the response I got when I put our info in the IRS a couple of weeks ago.
We got a check today. The amount looks correct. Will do deposit-by-mail tomorrow.
My mom got her check this week. It was pro-rated based on her income.
We’ve received nothing. I put our banking info into the IRS system last week in the hopes of receiving a direct deposit because the last thing I need is another gift card.
least y’all are getting some sort of response; I’m still stuck in the "payment status not available’ screen of death.
A debit card?
So we got our official letter, is this a tax document that we need to retain.?
It’s not taxable, so I don’t see why you’d need to retain it. We haven’t gotten a letter yet, but does the letter tell you to retain for your records?
So…apparently some folks are getting debit cards instead of a check in the mail. Frankly, I find this not acceptable. Check these debit cards for expiration dates. Also some charge a “fee” per month that they are not used.
I have to wonder when the government entered into contract with the VISA debit company…and who is actually benefitting.
I just checked the IRS site, it says my “check” was mailed yesterday. If it’s a debit card I’m going to be very pissed off.
For those receiving debit cards, which I had not heard of, maybe you can do what I did with my unemployment debit card. Before I was able to add my bank information for direct deposit, our state sends a debit card. There was an ATM that allowed free withdrawal, but they were located in very few places, and I was not going to go there and withdraw money every few days, as there was a limit on the daily amount.
My bank was able to run it as a cash advance or fund transfer and deposit it into my checking account. I can not remember what their terminology was as they called it something different than unemployment. While my bank said there would not be a charge from them, unemployment showed on my paperwork the charge would be $1.50. I was willing to pay that amount to avoid dealing with an ATM! The bank went ahead and transferred the entire amount, and if I am having to pay the $1.50, I having seen it.
So if you received a debit card, check with your bank and see what they can do for you.
We have a local radio program and they concentrate on anything related to COVID-19.
Quite a few people called in about getting the debit cards on Friday. Luckily we got our stimulus payment direct deposited, as I would have been ticked off as well with the debit card.
We received our check yesterday and used the phone app to scan it into our account. I had not heard about the debit cards, but I wouldn’t have been happy with that because it would mean leaving the house.
We received a debit card yesterday. I had not been reading this thread and was not expecting a card. Almost shredded it. It says that it can be cashed at a bank for no charge, so that’s what I’ll do and then deposit it in a bank account. No one else that I know got the money this way.
@thumper1 - yep, a debit card payment & not a traditional ‘check.’
@walkinghome - I also almost destroyed ours too because I thought it was a scam. Did a little research online & realized it was our stimulus $. Thanks for the info about cashing it at a bank- didn’t realize that.
If we don’t cash it out guess we will use it to buy our new graduate a computer for grad school. 
Yup, I got a debit card. What a scam. Check the fees.
i’m confused. What scam? What fees?
CA only issues unemployment thru debit cards too. But I was able to go online and link my checking account to the debit card and the $$ automatically rolled into my checking account every week that the debit card was refilled with unemployment payments. BofA card. No fees.
Approx. 4 million debit cards were sent to taxpayers for whom the IRS did not have bank account info. (Many low income folks don’t have bank accounts.)