Parents waiting on $500 stimulus child benefit check ‘told they won’t get it until NEXT YEAR’

SOME parents who haven’t received their $500 stimulus check for each child as part of Congress’ economic relief bill might not get the cash until next year. As part of the $2.2trillion stimulus package, Americans making under $75,000 were supposed to receive a $1,200 payment from the government as relief amid the coronavirus outbreak. Married […]

SOME parents who haven’t received their $500 stimulus check for each child as part of Congress’ economic relief bill might not get the cash until next year.

As part of the $2.2trillion stimulus package, Americans making under $75,000 were supposed to receive a $1,200 payment from the government as relief amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says parents who didn’t receive $500 stimulus checks for eligible children will have to claim it on their 2020 tax return next year[/caption]

Married couples filing joint returns were supposed to receive $2,400 if their income is less than $150,000, and parents were supposed to get $500 for each child under 17 years old.

But the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) now says that Americans who didn’t get the full amount of money due to them won’t receive it until 2021.

The Treasury Department and IRS have reported that 130million people had received stimulus payments totaling more than $207billion in under 30 days.

Even some people who have been declared dead have received stimulus checks.

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The Treasury Department and IRS have reported that 130million people had received stimulus payments totaling more than $207billion in under 30 days[/caption]

But the IRS now suggests that those who haven’t received the payments already won’t get it any time soon.

“If you did not receive the full amount to which you believe you are entitled, you will be able to claim the additional amount when you file your 2020 tax return,” the IRS wrote online on Thursday.

“This is particularly important for individuals who may be entitled to the additional $500 per qualifying child dependent payments.”

One such affected person, Jamie Jones, of Virginia, told The Washington Post she didn’t receive $1,500 for her three children, despite claiming them in her 2019 tax return in February.

Jones, a widow who is out of work because of the pandemic, said she received her $1,200 stimulus check, but didn’t receive the $500 for her kids, ages eight, 10, and 12.

“Because their system was flawed, we are punished for it, and there is no way to give us relief for a whole year,” Jones, who is receiving Social Security survivor benefits, said.

Jessica Bartholow, of the Western Center on Law & Poverty in California, told the Post: “Five hundred dollars is a lot of money and could provide a lot of emotional and financial relief.”

“Right now is a moment in which we have to believe in government and we have to believe that it can work,” she added.

“So as disappointing as all of this is, I also really still believe in the IRS to do the right thing, to find a way to get these families the $500 per child as soon as possible.”