The US government has distributed about 130 million economic impact payments to taxpayers in less than 30 days. The IRS anticipates sending more than 150 million payments as part of a massive coronavirus rescue package.
The distribution has had some hiccups, including an overwhelmed website, payments to deceased taxpayers and money sent to inactive accounts.
For those still waiting or with other questions, here are a few answers: WHERE IS MY PAYMENT? The government can’t logistically or physically make all the payments at once, so it’s doing so in steps.
For those with direct deposit information on file with the IRS, based 2019 or 2018 tax return, payments began going out on April 10.