Just got my stimulus check.

Really?

Yup, 3:55 PM

What's the next move? Will you purchase something?

Lemme check my account. *breaks a heel running*

Where do you bank?

What a troll.

How much?

I don't get one...out of the range to receive.

Did they take out taxes?

I ain't trollin. I'm sure it'll be on the news shortly.

To be fair, they said on or before April 14 (Tuesday) R4

Just checked Chase account and it's not yet there. It's Good Friday, I wasn't looking for any activity today.

I thought it's not due next Wednesday

Torn between putting the money into one of the investment accounts, or a new laptop.

I just told my mom and grandma to check their bank accounts and nothing. Now they are sad. : (

Good Friday isn't a banking holiday.

R11 wait til they go on sale or are on sale. You might be able to get a good deal now though!

Can someone explain to me why Best Buys are open? Is it because they sell washers and dryers?

Anyway, I have noticed deals everywhere. The stores are clearly hurting for sales.

I think they are happening over a period starting with the people who are getting the full amount. It looked like it will go on until...September! So don’t get too excited because it will likely be a while for some of us, if ever.

You should donate it all to the sadsack mofo in LA with the gofundme.

The first wave is for the people with low or no income.

so you're not going ask if we are jealous, bitches?

Or to the guy with the detained Irish fiance, R18.

Can you Venmo $30?

Telling people you got your stimulus check means you're poor. It's not something to gloat about.

Well SMELL her ^

R23

Bitching about poor people excited about getting needed money makes a person a cunt.

Are you a cunt?

[quote]The first wave is for the people with low or no income.

Let's use this fact to destroy OP. How dare you come here to flaunt your fortunes???

He’s definitely a cunt

I am a cunt, but I'm not lying. If I was that excited I would have been stalking all those threads about it. Mine came, I made a thread.

Good Friday is a market holiday R13. If stimulus $ were sent within the last 3 days via direct deposit, people might experience a delay in receiving it if they're using a brokerage account for cash management purposes.

For what it is worth I have seen scattered comments from people, usually who use credit unions, saying they got theirs today.

When I was with a CU I would often get paid "early". Has something to do with how direct deposits work. They (the payroll processor/government) first send a file saying "deposit $100 into account XXX" and then several days later, they actually send the money. Some banks credit the money as soon as they get the initial file.

Yeah, I use the same bank as my employer so I get my checks a couple of days before they're technically supposed to be there.

I'm not eligible for a stimulus check because I'm a DL millionaire who works from home.

EAT SHIT!!!!

Yeah check Reditt. People have posted screenshots. It is real apparently.

R32

I don’t get a check either, as I’m an Instagram Influencer living in my new Malibu mansion.

r30 is correct. Direct Deposits are processed by the Fed's ACH system, which has developed certain quirks over time, that allow for some banks to post deposits earlier than others depending on how confident the bank is there is little or no risk of default. Here is a good explanation from a reddit user (ignore references to Navy FCU):

TLDR: They post certain direct deposits earlier than other banks because they are aware that the direct deposit will be coming soon.

This is confusing to explain if you don’t understand the intricacies of how ACH works, but I’ll do my best. When someone, like your employer, submits a payroll file via ACH to be paid to all the receivers in the file (the employees) they have to determine what the effective entry date should be for the deposits. The effective entry date is the desired posting date of when they want the deposits posted. For a traditional commercial employer (e.g. Walmart, Olive Garden, Target) they would submit a payroll file on a Wednesday, for example, with an effective date of Friday. This would mean that the employer would be debited and all the employees would receive their pay on Friday. What Navy FCU does in certain cases is gives you access to those funds on Wednesday night or Thursday morning because they’ve received the file, even though it’s not effective yet. The federal government can submit ACH files up to 5 business days in advance of the actual effective/pay date, so that’s why those payments can be made available so much sooner.

Navy FCU assumes some credit risk when they make those deposits available early, but it’s a choice they’ve made. Banks must make the deposits available no later than the date the file settles (settlement date/effective date), but they can make it available sooner if they want to.

Source: banking subreddit post.

I have a credit union and I'm poor (17K last year, but retired), and I didn't get mine yet.

But I'm living on my pension so I consider myself lucky that I have enough to live on.

R21 Thanks

Do people who've already filed their 2019 taxes get preference?

[quote]Do people who've already filed their 2019 taxes get preference?

Yes and no

I did my 2019 taxes without using direct deposit so I am fucked according to the IRS this morning. I'll have to wait until April 24 when they start mailing checks, so I won't probably see my stimulus check until the middle of May.

Well, it doesn't stimulate anything if there's nowhere to spend it.

I plan to use mine at my local marijuana dispensary.

I think OP is a big fat liar.

I don't use Twitter, but I'm sure it's all over there, or as someone else said Reddit.

Link please.

Screenshot from Reddit.

R15 Best buys are open because they sell equiment that is needed for working from home- computers, wifi routers etc. They also service and repair those items as well as cell phones, and land line phones for communicaiton.

I got a rock.

OP -- you sure that's not your social security check that got deposited? I mean, at your age, it's easy to get confused. Plus, if someone drags a $100 bill through your trailer park, the place goes crazy!.

OP = Jared Kushner.

I don’t get this negativity. The OP has no reason to lie. We are all (for the most part) getting these checks. Not like he is saying he is “special”

Jesus people.

Another link

It's the lockdown that has DLers circling the drain.

The knifes will be out by the end of the month...

I didn't get mine but just submitted my 2019 taxes about a week ago.

Below is link for Non-Filers

I cutta bitch!

And now you can afford to start threads on Datalounge!

Well, I know of someone is only $250 from his goal.

Lemme see if I can find his GoFundMe link...

[quote] Can someone explain to me why Best Buys are open?

To add to r47, they only have curbside service. The email I received said no one was allowed in the store. You can order from their website and they’ll bring it out to you.

Here's her story.

I assume that when they say they have your bank account info it means if you got a refund? I am going to get a full stimulus check but paid taxes, no refund. so I guess I get a physical check mailed in September?

I was claimed as a dependent in 2018 but not in 2019 am I eligible for a stimulus check?

So you don't need a W2 or a 1099 to get the check? The instructions on that IRS website just said the have your SS# and bank info ready.

I wonder the same thing R60. Even though I paid, I included my bank account info in my return. Don’t know if they just ignore it or what.

I got a direct deposit tax refund in 2018 and 2019 from the IRS so I know they already have my banking information

R40 and others should check irs.gov for the not yet active button to click for providing your bank info for DD. Supposed to go active next week. Go look under Stim Pay

Well these bitches better hurry up and send my reparations check. I also need my 2019 refund. Just cut one big check.

[quote][R40] and others should check irs.gov for the not yet active button to click for providing your bank info for DD.

Gurl you know that thing is going to crash on day 1

Hi guys! Donnie here. Your best STIMULUS-ating big PACKAGE. Reasonable rates or anything goes - for a price. Treat yourself guys!

Where is all this money coming from to give everyone fee money?

R21 That's me, hoe. I already degraded and exposed myself for your entertainment. Might as well pay me. Now make it rain, bitches.

R23 you are an absolute cunt! Hope you know that, deep in the core of your soul. Xoxo.

As always in America, Republican presidents are free to run up the deficit as much as they want r69. Then when a Dem gets in the White House everyone will be yelling about the deficit again.

When my $1,200 arrives. I will have $2,600+ in my account to work with, to get out of poverty for good, including renting a room, starting a nonprofit, and obtaining a job that pays a decent-ish income, but is also part time. If any of you bitches lives in New Jersey and has enough room to rent to possibly two men, and loves to drink/party/smoke weed/discuss life and literature, hit me up.

R73 =

Hopefully all the people who hate Trump will decline their stimulus check and send it back. That's what you're going to do, right?

R74 = The hoboken package thief. So don't even try it.

[quote]I already degraded and exposed myself for your entertainment.

If only the checks were sent to russians r75, I'll be thinking of you missing out.

Listen you stupid ass white cunts. You're cancelled. I don't need any of your help, or your mouths on my magnificent cock. Continue on being the lowly creatures you are.

[quote]If only the checks were sent to russians [R75]

Silly bitch, Trump is already on it. The IRS posted this first thing yesterday to the amusement of many.

Fear not Natasha and Boris. You're getting a check!!!

Not me. US Bank checking account.

R69 We’re going to bill Republicans for it for all the times they fucked up the economy.

Me neither R81 at Wells Fargo, but given what R30 and R36 posted, I don’t expect the big banks to post until the actual “due” date. A large bank just couldn’t take the risk to post deposits early for millions of customers. It is a cash flow issue on their part.

Fuck you OP; a.k.a. Donald Frump!

R69 - “ Where is all this money coming from to give everyone fee money?”

From the Tooth Fairy, Rose.

[quote] I don’t get this negativity.

Did you forget where you are?

Calculator...

R83 I wonder, I know my parents' regular federal retirement checks often show up a day or two early in their Bank Of America account.

I’ll know when I get my check when the notification comes in from the bank. You can set a notification for a deposit over a certain amount of money as well as a withdrawal. No point in looking at the bank account every day.

I hope people get the money soon. Too many people are suffering.

And the money came rolling in from every side!

Next week, @USTreasury and #IRS will launch the Get My Payment web app where filers can enter bank account information & check the status of their payment to get their money fast!

R91 Link:

[quote]The FREE app—which will be found at IRS.gov—will allow taxpayers who filed their tax return in 2018 or 2019 but did not provide their banking information on their return to submit direct deposit information. Once they do, they will get their Economic Impact Payments in their bank accounts quickly, instead of waiting for a check to arrive in the mail. “Get My Payment” will also allow taxpayers to track the status of their payment.

Just keep in mind under normal circumstances once provided with taxpayer banking information IRS will keep it on record permanently. Of course federal laws limit what can be done with that information, but anytime in future should IRS need to find where you have money, that is first place they will look.

Those who don't have any issues with IRS, nor will in future are fine. But for those who have current back tax issues, and or something pops up in future, again if IRS needs to seize or attach income or assets....

Stimulus checks are not subject to offset provisions, so those what owe back taxes will still get whatever sums they have coming.

i believe op. i read an article today (forgot where it was) that said they start releasing today. Almost all banks do their updates overnight. So check your balances first thing tomorrow morning.

My friends just said they got theirs today.

Congrats to all those who get a check. I hope there will be more in the future for those who need it. My husband and I are fortunate in that we made too much and won't be getting such a check, but I m glad some help is on the way for those who need it. I just don't think it will be enough.

Why do you say Congrats, R97? Did someone do something deserving of congrats?

I really don't understand where this free money is coming from

[r98] We bailed out banks, entire industries, prop up Middle Eastern dictatorships, and wage war against Afghanistan for 19 years -- so if real people get a little money, I'm all for it.

R98 - Why do you say Congrats, [R97]? Did someone do something deserving of congrats? I really don't understand where this free money is coming from.”

Well R98, if you think about it, some of this free money is coming from R97.

No mention of this on any news site that I can find.

r101

Know some of you girls are rather like dinosours when it comes to searching internet for information, so here is the IRS link for "non-filers" to get their checks.

You don't have to thank me, it's a gift.

When I get one I am going to purchase a indoor outdoor rug.

R102. R103, no shit, but there's nothing in the news about people getting payments today.

I'll call my bank again.

R105

Oh yes there is dear.

Not everyone is tethered to their computer, tablet or phone waiting with baited breath for these payments. That and or they aren't shouting from the housetops upon arrival.

IIRC there is a process where IRS informs bank payment is coming, then it appears a day or so later. This is likely same sort of thing when you sign up for certain direct deposits and they send a small amount (like one dollar) to account number given to ensure it is valid.

If funds were deposited Thursday or Friday people might not see them reflected in actual account balance until Saturday or even Tuesday due to way most banks work. That is for all modern technology many banks still reflect some transactions one day after they occur.

When you deposit funds at a branch or teller before cut off time, you see it reflected in next days work. But checks and some other debits that come in on Thursday won't show until Friday's work which is shown on Saturday. Friday's work isn't generally available until early Monday morning when bank has reconciled books/accounts.

Pending electronic debits or credit may or may not process same day, if they don't you won't see them until next business day's work.

Just a pro tip. I have a private commercial bank and a credit union, that I divide my weekly check between.

I get "Paid" on Fridays.

In two years there has never been a week where my private bank didn't make my money available on Fridays. It has never been earlier than Friday.

In two years there has never been a week where my credit union didn't make the funds available on Wednesday or Thursday. In truth it has varied which has been less dependable, but it's mostly been on Wednesdays.

I'm not sure why it is, but it doesn't surprise me that credit union account holders are seeing their money earlier.

R107, well thanks, maybe next time link to the relevant news article first?

This article explains how to provide your banking info in order to receive a direct deposit instead of a long-delayed paper check.

My husband got a check from the government because he has Medicare & Medicaid patients. About $2k

[quote]I really don't understand where this free money is coming from

It isn't free money. It's an advance on a special tax credit on next year's IRS forms.

[quote]Hopefully all the people who hate Trump will decline their stimulus check and send it back. That's what you're going to do, right?

Why? It's not coming out of his pocket.

I did not get mine.

Sorry if this info has already been posted. Those who get it first are the ones who the IRS have given direct deposit refunds. I read they were going to give the info to the banks on Friday and the refunds would be on Wednesday. Unless Op has a bank that knows a special way to get the money fast I find it hard to believe he got it. I didn’t.

The ones who don’t have dd are screwed but I believe there is a way you can sign up.

R114 didn’t read the thread.

[quote] My husband got a check from the government because he has Medicare & Medicaid patients.

Patients? Is he a broke doctor?

Our credit union used to get deposits a little early like others described above, until about two years ago when that all stopped. The Friday paycheck would show up Wednesday night, then for a while it changed to Thursday morning before noon, now it's as late as 8PM Friday night. It's been bad enough that I have transferred most of my money to other banks.

[quote] I'll call my bank again.

You don't have access to your account online? Who do you bank with, Community Bank Of Bugtussle?

R118, I am not the person to whom you are responding, but I do have a friend, aged 58, who absolutely, positively [italic]refuses[/italic] to engage with online banking in any way. He still mails out checks for credit card and utility payments (he also eats the "as close to 0% fat as I can get" version of ground chicken, so his taste is obviously suspect in other matters as well).

[quote] Hopefully all the people who hate Trump will decline their stimulus check and send it back. That's what you're going to do, right?

Without Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer's action most people getting any money at all would have gotten no more than $600.00. You can thank them if you're getting $1200.00. Trump and McTurtle would have rather given nothing to anyone other than those unemployed. They had to be shamed and blamed to agree to what they did. I have little doubt both of those mentally unstable pieces of shit are biting nails every day over all this money going out to people.

Turmp can eat shit and fucking die, and the sooner the better.

No body get their whatevers in a wad if it isn't there yet. See link. It has been a few CU's, plus pre-paid card vendors (and I wonder if that was intentional - a pre-paid card user is probably poorer than most).

[quote]waiting with baited breath

Oh, dear!

Shooooooooey! The stench from that mouth! LOL

My bank just told me I’ll get mine on Wednesday. He called it a tax refund.

Someone just said the site is overwhelmed! Told you gurl!

I'm poor, retired, and I have done my 2019 taxes already. I haven't seen any stimulus deposit to my bank.

"you girls are rather like dinosours"

Oh, dar, R103.

Call your bank 127. They should be able to tell you.

R110 That IRS portal is only for non-filers.

R130, the other portal for filers who did not provide their bank routing/account numbers at the time of filing will be open "by mid April." So check back if you need to provide that info.

Those of us considered "essential" workers who still have to go to work every day pandemic or not, should get the same $600 a week bonus check that the unemployed are getting. It's hazard pay.

They are talking about giving us a $25,000 pay raise R132.

Dream on r133

Thanks R131.

stimulus checks work best by blindfolding him, stripping him naked, and then gently stroking a feather on his dick.

R133, that would be an enormous boost. I wish, but there's no way I'll see that kind of money.

My parents now see theirs as pending. They back with a CU. Nothing still on my end with Wells Fargo.

Mine showed up as pending in my credit union checking account. 2400 for my partner and I.

No notice in my Wells Fargo Account.

It’s spent. Local shoe shops need support except in my size

^^Huh?

It seems like a lot of credit unions are holding it for 2-3 days, so if you have a credit union, check your pending ACH transactions and see if it's there. Mine will be deposited on the 15th, per my credit union.

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

^ Easy come, easy go.

Damn. He could’ve bought a motorboat with three propellers.

My last refund went to Bank of America. Im sure we will be the last people to get ours, as per usual.

R142, I bought shoes.

You should support your favorite stores online 1 unless you wear my size shoe (41.5) which is fucking impossible for me to find because US sores skip Euro and UK half sizes.

Well the big banks will drag it out as long as possible in order to maximize any bounced drafts or over-withdrawn accounts. That is their bread and butter after all.

This whole thing is probably another lie just link the drive thru Walmart stations and google portals and all the other bullshit.

Millions of tests!

Now that I got my 1200 ( at least my bank said I’ll get it tomorrow)I worry about my unemployment. Could have sworn they said we would be making what we normally make plus a 600 bonus. I cant talk to a real person and they tell be even my emails will have a long wait time I fill out my form online and the weekly amount is half of what I usually make and the 600 could take up to three weeks. I wrongfully applied in Ky who said I didn’t need to look for work but when I applied in the correct state Indiana they said I must still look. Under a stay at home order?

You tell them you're looking anyway, r151, because they system is archaic and will boot you out if you use common sense.

Ask at a few places you know aren't hiring and list the contact person on your paperwork, if your state requires the information. If you apply online, use the contact email from the website where you applied.

I called the IRS regarding my late Father's last tax return. The IRS rep was adamant, wouldn't speak to me unless I emailed her my Father's Power of Attorney. I explained that my Father had been dead six months, that the IRS was perfectly happy to take MY money that I paid in my Father's name for what he owed the IRS on his last tax return. The IRS rep simply repeated "We need your Father's signature on a Power of Attorney". I pleaded, "But he's been dead for six months". The rep simply repeated "We need his signature." By that time, I'd enough and responded "Well, I'll just go dig him up and get it for you". And hung up.

Government agencies work to rules, not logic or, as R152 so correctly stated, common sense.

Exactly, r153, and people certifying for their benefits online have an extra layer of idiocy to deal with in the form of outdated websites that don't allow you to explain any oddities. If you're honest and say you were too sick to look for work or didn't look at all, you are automatically disqualified because the site only knows what it was programmed to accept before this virus caused exceptions to the rules.

Just got mine!

Sorry it took them 3 weeks to issue checks, but there needs to be another one issued soon. If they shut everything down and take people's livelihoods away, they have to compensate us for it. Covid-19 is their huge mistake- not ours.

We fuck me! Still nothing. I hate you all.

I haven't lived in the US in 45 years. Never filed a tax return in all those years, but had to file tax returns in 2017 and 2018, subsequent to my Father's death. According to the accountant who prepared my returns, I'm getting a stimulus cheque.

Spotted the newbie at R128.

Just got mine. Thank you god

r151, I got my extra $600 this week, it's 2 weeks so a bonus $1200 every two weeks. I was ecstatic.

You check that you looked. Is it x'd off that you have to say where. I did look. I opened an email from SimpyHired, some website that sends me job listings all the time. I looked. Find those online listings in your area and you open the email and look at it. You looked for work this week.

mine too. i think today is the day most will have it credited to their accounts - being the 15th,

r15, they aren't open for shopping. You order online and can go and pick it up.

Indiana has told me 2 different things. yes I have to look and no I dont but I have to be ready and willing to work. I like your method r161.

161 what is the 600 you are talking about? The bonus we are supposed for 4 months? Does everyone get it?

Thank you r152 when I had unemployment long time ago I lied about the places I applied to.

Why would we get them on the 15th? I wish I would.

My bank says they're distributing them [italic]as early as[/italic] April 15-29. I have not received anything.

Mine direct deposited this morning. Shows as "IRS TREAS 310 TAX REF ACH Entry Memo Posted Today" on my online statement. $1,200 and no idiotic signature from our small-dicked Dear Leader.

Trump wanted his signature on the checks but he's not an authorized signer of checks from the Treasury Department. Instead he had his printed name appear on the memo line. This was reported on MSNBC late last night.

[quote]Instead he had his printed name appear on the memo line.

Is it in size 72 font like his Sharpie signature?

I haven't heard anything from Wells Fargo Bank about my stimulus direct deposit. The IRS does have my info because I got a direct deposit refund from them last year and the year before that.

Mine hit my account overnight.

Got mine this morning

R170 here! I just checked my Wells Fargo Account. Pending deposit of $1200!

It's like Christmas!!!

I got mine! Jealous bitches?

[quote] —G-d Bless Trump, G-d Bless America

I'm glad you'll be getting a check, but don't bless Trump. He and the GOP had NOTHING to do with it. If it was up to them people like you and a large percentage of Americans would either get greatly reduced amounts or nothing at all. Bless Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. They're the ones who forced this through so people like you could get a check for $1200.00

did anyone who received it already pay taxes on their tax return or is it just people who get refunds on their tax returns getting them right now? I still don't know if the irs saves bank information on people who paid on their return or if I am going to have to wait for a mailed check.

Yes, I am jealous, I still haven’t gotten mine.

I got mine this morning but I also got a auto payment from a debt that I thought was canceled so it kinda put a damper on it. Now I’m hoping for unemployment plus the 600.

Yes the Trump lovers I know are rubbing it in how do you like him now? Poor naive fools.

From what I understand if u haven’t paid 2019 they go back to 2018. I paid mine as soon as I got my w2s in January.

If you pay. Do you give bank info? If yes I say you probably will.

R178 = grifter.

Still nothing here.

R181 is that the only fucking word you know, cunt. Every thread you have to cunt your way in and spew such crap. Hopefully you won't be able to breathe soon.

[quote] Could have sworn they said we would be making what we normally make plus a 600 bonus.

[quote] Now I’m hoping for unemployment plus the 600.

No, that’s not the way the bill works. You will not be getting more than what you were earning when you were working. Unemployment benefits in most states are paltry sums. The $600 is not a “bonus,” it supplements the state’s figure.

For example, let’s say you normally make $900/wk. New Jersey’s maximum unemployment payout is $425. If you added the $600 to that, it would be $1,025 (more than you earned).

They will match UP to $600 to eliminate the difference. So you’d be getting $900/wk, not $1,025.

$425 + $475 from the Feds for a total of $900.

also, people who received it- does it seem to be following what they said about what income levels would receive it when? they said it would send to people who made twenty thousand or less first and then go up from there

R185 nope, we make way more than $20k and got ours!

Thank you for explaining that to me. I thought I was getting my usual pay plus 600. I thought I won PCH.

R185 that only goes for people who the irs don’t have your bank info. Doesn’t matter how much make you make it’s that you filed in the last year or two direct deposit.

My husband and I just got our stimulus deposit. Though our combined annual income is over the limit of $198,000, our ADJUSTED gross income is below the limit, so we received a reduced amount.

r184 is incorrect. I can't find anything backing up his claim.

If you are eligible for unemployment, you will get the full 600.

[quote]Will I get the full $600?

[quote]If you’re eligible for at least $1 of state-level or federal unemployment compensation, you get the full $600, according to the Labor Department.

[r185] I believe the direct deposits all went out today, regardless of income levels. After all, they just need to his the "send" button on their computer and they can transfer to millions of accounts in a day. I think what you are referring to is the mailing of actual paper checks. Those will go out based on income level, with the lowest earners getting their checks first.

thanks r186 and r188! now I am trying to remember if I paid on my tax return with debit card or checking account info. grrr.

[quote] I thought I was getting my usual pay plus 600. I thought I won PCH.

I love you, r187.

R189 that’s insane. Why would anyone look for a job if you’re getting paid more to stay home?

I agree, r193, which is why we were told it was structured that way.

After doing a little research, it appears i WAS wrong. Numerous sites say the $600 (in full) in addition to whatever benefits your state provides.

That’s not what we were told in the beginning, as you’re right, you’ll earn more being unemployed than if you were working. Doesn’t make sense.

Mine just hit last night.

The $600 isn't backdated, so when you add it up, the $600 per week extra you're getting now won't be making up for a lot of weeks where you got nothing (because the sites were down or other snafus) or where you got far less than your paycheck. Plus, in states that have low Unemployment benefits, you're still not getting what you would when you were working, even with the extra $600.

It's only for weeks March 29 through July 31st, I believe.

Yes, some low wage earners on unemployment will be temporarily making more money than they did on their jobs.

So what? Our minimum wages should be higher anyway, this expires in a few months. I can't believe people get upset about seeing the people struggling in our country getting a few more dollars.

The whole point of this measure is to keep people at home and out of the workforce to encourage social distancing.

When do I get my next $1,200????

Got it.

nothing. I guess I get mailed. poop.

I got it. Now that I've got my reparations from these bitches, I need by 2019 tax refund check!

[quote] I can't believe people get upset about seeing the people struggling in our country getting a few more dollars.

I don’t think anyone here is upset. More surprised is all (at least speaking for me).

I was stimulus'ed overnight. Already gone to pay a credit card.

FYI if any of you bitches owe money to a creditor they CAN take your direct deposit if you have a garnishment. The devil is in the details. The US government cannot take your money even for back pay, or late taxes but private companies, like bill collectors are exempt from that rule. Apparently Nancy Pelosi did put something in the bill to stop that, but those Repugs in charge refused to sign off on that detail.

So rejoice sleezy bill collectors, it's Christmas during the pandemic for you.

I'm not going to be stimulated, but I loving living vicariously though those who are being stimulated.

I got my $1200 today as well.

r69, your taxes. What, you think they got it from Jeff Bezos?

It takes time to garnish a bank account R204. Anybody in a situation like that should just take out the $1200 in cash immediately.

So if we don't get stimulated today, should we be worried? My 2018 refund was sent to my bank account. I haven't filed for 2019. My mom receives her SS checks directed deposited to her bank account. Neither of us have received our stimulus payment.

I filed 2018 taxes and the IRS has my bank account information on file and I haven't received anything either r209. My mom texted me that she hasn't either. You aren't alone.

I just received my $1,200 in my Wells Fargo account around 2 am this morning. If you haven't received yours yet, give it a few more days.

Onto the second stimulus check. Congress did a thing here, but a $1,200 one-time payment isn't really doing much for anyone, especially not the poorest among us. Make it $1,200 monthly payments for the rest of the year.

R211 yes!!! The checks aren’t even the bulk of that $2 trillion package. Send more!!!

Ooops, today is pay day and I thought I only got one deposit this morning. But actually I got two deposits--the stimulus check was a tiny bit added on top of today's deposit total so I didn't notice.

My mother, who is on SS, hasn't received her deposit yet.

R210, did your mother mention doing anything in particular to ensure payment? I read that SS folks who do not file for taxes but have their SS checks direct deposited DO NOT have to do anything. Treasury will deposit to the same account as the SS checks.

Think Rump wants to put the money in a suitcase and disappear.

I liked Bernie Saunders when he really told off the three senators who didn’t want to give then 600 because they would not want togoback to work.

Had mine deposited when I checked my account this morning.

I inexplicably still have my job but am nervous if this goes on forever what will happen, and if I am let go 1200 a month won't cover my rent, much less one single 1200 check.

This is a scary time and we have the absolute worst person in the world leading us

[quote] Ooops, today is pay day and I thought I only got one deposit this morning. But actually I got two deposits--the stimulus check was a tiny bit added on top of today's deposit total so I didn't notice.

Smell her at r213!

Has anyone gotten that $600 unemployment money yet?

R217, simmer down now...some of us are still employed and gratefully so.

I signed up Sunday and they said it could take 3 weeks. They are waiting from the federal government how to give it out the 600. Rump said it was a problem with the democratics wanting to bailout the Kennedy Center.

Paper stimulus checks will be delayed in order to satisfy filthy Trump's ego to have his filthy name imprinted on every one of them.

I am so glad that people are receiving this much needed influx of cash! Good for all of you! Just to let you know, the IRS.gov link to inquire "Where's my payment" is up and running though very, very slow to respond - it's going to crash soon - haha. You would also go to this link to input your bank routing/account numbers to speed things up for yourselves IF you didn't provide that banking information via your 2018/19 tax returns. Best to you all.

they launched the thingy to put in your banking information

You can check your status here.

Apparently I haven't received it yet because they were "Unable to determine my eligibility" which is bullshit.

[quote] they launched the thingy to put in your banking information

Please don’t use technical jargon. It gets very confusing to laymen.

Me too, R225.

It is also bullshit for me. I filed and paid in 2018 as a 1099 employee.

I haven’t filed yet for 2019, because I owe and the deadline got extended.

I’m no longer working as an independent contractor, but since the majority of my 2019 earnings were from that source, I don’t qualify for unemployment and Ohio. My W-2 employment in 2020 and the latter part of 2019 is also over because it is school related. Now it looks like the gig economy strikes again, because now I will likely have to wait for a paper check.

I've been unemployed for a long time, but I filed taxes this year because I took out some of my 401K and paid taxes on it, so my info was in the system. I got my check today, deposited directly into my bank account.

R226 you shouldn't have to wait for a paper check. Did you include your bank information on your 2018 return? Also, they have a new system where you can enter your information.

The IRS portal is online today for people to enter their direct deposit info.

Mine hit today. All going out to pay off repairs to my car.

Just got mine via direct deposit.

Thank God I don’t have to see Dump’s signature!

Fucking asshole, wanting to take personal credit.

Woke up to see mine as well. Dang, this feels good

C’mere, r232.

I’ll show you something else that feels good. And only $200 of that $1,200.

Anyone with a US Bank direct deposit? Have you gotten the $$$???

Yes, got direct deposit this morning.

Yes r226, my taxes on file were as a 1099 employee too r226.

From what I am seeing people who didn't have normal W2 taxes are getting delayed.

If you didn't give the IRS your direct deposit info on either your 2018 or 2019 taxes, and you don't want to wait for a paper check, you'll have to go to their portal and give them your banking info. They won't deposit to a bank account that they withdrew money from because you owed taxes.

I wonder if people in red states got their deposits first.

I'm in NE Pa (Scranton/Wilkes Barre) and I got my 1200.00 direct deposited this morning.

In California - got mine last night.

r224, I got the same message about not being able to determine my eligibility. I suspect it's bullshit while they figure out the paper check situation.

Well I hope that you all get a payment. Perhaps it's only currently working in "Where's My Payment" mode for those who have received and are slated to receive an ACH transfer. Maybe the link is not yet equipped to input personal banking information at this time. I'm thinking positive for you.

They're probably doing all the 1040 filers first, then they'll start on the 1099 and Soc. Sec. non-filers afterward.

I was able to input my information into the portal to get an ACH. I was queued for about 5 minutes before it let me into the site.

Thank you, rescue-chick

Mine is currently pending.

I got mine in my credit union account this morning.

[quote]They're probably doing all the 1040 filers first, then they'll start on the 1099 and Soc. Sec. non-filers afterward.

They are sending it out via reverse income levels. The people that made the least should get their checks first. Military may already have them because of the way the military credit unions process payments.

R248: IDK about that, I earned 90K last year and received mine this morning.

[r248] I call bullshit and fake news. We are not at the bottom of earnings scale and we got our money today. The decision as to who gets their money direct deposited first has nothing.to do with income. But the paper checks sent by mail -- those will be sent out based on income.

Hopefully all the people who hate government handouts will decline their stimulus check and send it back. That's what you're going to do, right?

A Treasury Department spokeswoman told MONEY that payments are going out in reverse adjusted gross income order, meaning they’re being issued to people with the lowest income first.

R251, I don't hate the government, I hate Trump and the GOP.

R252, that's what they're saying but that's not what is happening. My AGI is over 90K and received a deposit today. My mom gets less than 12K in SS and she hasn't received payment.

R253 how original, you tired cunt.

I received mine today.

not to be a braggart - i got my $600 today and just donated it.

Thanks r257, more should follow suit. I had CC debt and I’m paying that off. Wish I could donate but I’d rather get rid of debt first.

I haven't received it and I went to the website and it says

Payment Status Not Available. According to information that we have on file, we cannot determine your eligibility for a payment at this time. I worked last year but have been on unemployment for a few months. Annoying.

r164, yes it's the extra $600 a week from the Cares Act. This was the first week I got it.

Remember, these expanded benefits apply only to workers whose jobs or whose ability to work has been affected by COVID-19.

If you were laid off for reasons other than COVID19 you won't get it.

Are you sure. I read that if you're on unemployment already, or apply for unemployment now you'll get the extra money.

I don't know if it means anything or not, but I retired from my Government job over 20 years ago and I got mine this am. I get a very nice retirement check along with an SS check and a check from the V.A. for my Vietnam service.

[quote]i thankfully still a job and doesnt really need it

Obviously, you stopped payments to your grammarian.

fukin a, I thought I was going to get at least something, like $500 but I just read I get nothing since I made over 100k. whores.

I also got Payment Status Not Available. According to information that we have on file, we cannot determine your eligibility for a payment at this time.

I'm on disability due to a bad accident and currently rehabbing in a facility where my disability check is no longer directly deposited in my bank account, but sent directly to the facility, where I only receive $50 a month from it. Does this mean I'm not eligible?

I am also getting the same message about no info being available. It appears that many people are. I filed taxes this year and last year.

I wouldn't start to freak out quite yet. If people don't have money by May 1, or any kind of info, start to panic!

266, that is sketchy AF.

Is it normal for a place to take your check?

R268 Yes, unfortunately it is the norm. All the more reason I need this stimulus check, since they're not allowed to touch that.

My bank listed the credit to my account as "US Treasury - Refund."

It's not my refund. That came a month ago.

Got mine, but I gave my broke single-mom sister $1000 last month, so I'm breaking (almost) even.

Tou all just know this faux-bribe of giving us back our own money is gonna fool many into thinking Dumph 'saved' them.

Drumph fans are going to be singing his praises even more now; dumb Dumpshits.

No one in my family has gotten theirs. WTF ???

Give me my fucking check you whores !!!! GIVE IT TO ME !!!

R266 you've obviously been there for more than 20 days then as Medicare pays 100% for 20 days of rehab in a nursing facility that has a rehab program. After that you're on your own along with Medicaid to pay to pay the costs. I'll bet your monthly bill from that facility is probably $6000.00 or more. They take all your Soc. Sec. (except for $50/mo) and Medicaid pays the rest.

R272 = Veruca Salt

(R266) I am getting the same message about being unavailable and no info...I filed in 2018 but my 2019 won't be done until I can meet with my accountant...I need to enter bank info since I never get a refund so never had direct deposit. I kinda figure it's an early glitch of some kind ( hopefully!)

[quote] Tou all just know this faux-bribe of giving us back our own money is gonna fool many into thinking Dumph 'saved' them. Drumph fans are going to be singing his praises even more now; dumb Dumpshits.

The same MAGAts who deride welfare recipients for "wanting" government handouts. If it wasn't pure shit, the irony would taste very fuckin' sweet.

Still getting message (see image).

I know I'm eligible and the IRS completed processing my 2018 taxes, so I call bullshit. The system can't keep up, the data isn't complete, and/or the app is poorly designed.

We need MORE!!!

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

[quote]No, that’s not the way the bill works. You will not be getting more than what you were earning when you were working.

Incorrect. I got $600 in addition to my regular payout amount. I'm in California. My friend in South Carolina also received $600 in addition to his regular payout amount.

We know, r280. We debated that way earlier.

Pipe down, thread monitor. This isn't the first time that more than one peraon has replied to something.

I'm also going to add that I did not open my case recently, but still got the COVID19 payout. It's on the EDD California website that everyone here with an active case will receive it, regardless of when or why they opened theirs.

To those getting the error message - I assume the IRS doesnt have your bank acct info and so most likely you are getting a check instead. I understand that batch will be processed by next week or later this week.

I I didn't get the error message. it said that I was eligible and if I wanted to enter bank information to get direct deposit click here. and then I did.

R277 Same with me. Not holding my breath.

My job texted me to day I can get vacation time during furlough. If it takes 3 weeks to get my first check is it possible to have vacation pay during?

With the mess going on in Washington I will be surprised if we get the 600.

R278 CEO of a Cruise Line

Why is so worried about the airlines? Are they that important to the economy?

R288 no they aren’t. Private companies go under all the time. If things ever return to normal then let the market decide which airlines survive. The US doesn’t have a national carrier.

It’s the system if Rump needs you or you ass his ass and don’t ask a nasty question he will return the favor. The airlines have been good to him.

R289 I disagree, the commercial aviation industry is around 5% of US GDP, and represents around ten million jobs.

To big to fail ring a bell R289. In America socialism is only acceptable for corporations.

[quote] To big to fail ring a bell

Oh, dear!

Where was all this money when we needed it?

If the IRS requirements are true R283, your assumption is incorrect. I know I'm eligible and the IRS completed processing my 2018 taxes. The system can't keep up, the data isn't complete, and/or the app is poorly designed.

Just spoke with a friend who said that stimulus status checker on the IRS site is now limiting the number of times you can check the status of your payment per day. He is a social security recipient and doesn't have to file taxes and said he got a message to the effect of...

"the tax return information you provided does not agree with our records or you have exceeded the number of times allowed per day, please check again later"

So it sounds to me like that site is only for those who've filed a tax return, and not for non-filers.

Another republican disaster.

People are telling me it's the greatest website EVEH!

[quote] My job texted me to day I can get vacation time during furlough. If it takes 3 weeks to get my first check is it possible to have vacation pay during?

I’m on furlough, my job didn’t didn’t grant me any PTO at this time.

There are bugs. I had to give them my direct deposit info and it said. I was good to go.

has anyone received the second round to go out? I don't mean received a second check. I put my information in last week and it keeps saying we will update you when we know the date for your deposit.

R301, it may take a little time, but you’ll get it,

R301, I entered my account info on 4/15 and now it says my check will be mailed on Friday. It didn't say anything about it being deposited into my account.

Mine still says payment status not available. I e-filed my 2019 return on April 10 with my bank info...how long do you think it'll be before they update?

The reason it took so long was Steven Mnuchin's wife had to inspect every dollar of your stimulus.

Ugh. I just checked and it says, once we have your payment date, we will update this page.

We will deposit your payment to the bank account below.

So my check is not mailed out yet. DAMMIT.

People are getting the "payment status not available" message when the details they’re entering don’t match exactly what the IRS has on file. If you’re still getting it, try entering you address differently, maybe it’s the way you abbreviated or used upper/lower case. Good luck.

I just got mine today.

Pierre, did you get a check or direct deposit?

R309, TheVulture, I got direct deposit.

The IRS will send checks starting with taxpayers who have the lowest annual adjusted gross income as reported on their 2018 or 2019 tax return, whichever is more recent.

Here is the schedule for the checks rollout:

Less than $10,000: April 24

$10,001 - $20,000: May 1

$20,001 - $30,000: May 8

$30,001 - $40,000: May 15

$40,001 - $50,000: May 22

$50,001 - $60,000: May 29

$60,001 - $70,000: June 5

$70,001 - $80,000: June 12

$80,001 - $90,000: June 19

$90,001 - $100,000: June 26

$100,001 - $110,000: July 3

$110,001 - $120,000: July 10

$120,001 - $130,000: July 17

I thought people making over 100,000 don't get a stimulus check r311?

Couples under $198k get a check.

I didn't get a chance to file my 2019 (will do so within the month), is that the reason I still haven't gotten my check?

Oh, I just saw R311. thank you for the info.

R314, if you filed a 2018 tax return, they will use that.

I did, R316, but I thought maybe I didn't get it yet because people who filed 2019 were first in line.

R311 What about us poors on disability? I still haven't got my check and they definitely have my bank account. Neither has the old man who is on SSI, but he files taxes too. We are not married.

God R318, read some of the post for that answer you lazy poor queen. The answer is there.

People who filed 2019 were first in line, R317? This is the first I've heard of that.

R318 has the tone of a welfare queen.

Will there be another round of stimulus since we’re heading into the 3rd month of isolation?

Another round? NOPE!

You have a better chance of getting Coronavirus.

The Democrats are talking about more money.

Money talks bullshit walks R324.

Dems are not getting anything this second time around. At least not a payment for the little guys. Best they can do is regulate all the big spending. They couldn't even get a bump in the SNAP or food stamp program of just 15%. Zip, zero, nothing.

I got my 2019 refund deposited today, but still no stimulus.

R319 You are a twit, and no there is nothing to say about when disability will get the stimulus. Excuse me for being on disabilty, I guess you would just push all the disabled off a cliff.

[quote]I guess you would just push all the disabled off a cliff.

Well, roll ‘em, anyway.

WHERE IS MY GOD DAMN STIMULUS CHECK? Yeah I'm shouting. I filled my 2019 taxes already. I went to GET MY MONEY and they have my updated bank information now, but it says they will let me know the date when payment is issued.

WHY IS PAYMENT NOT ISSUED NOW? I need this money before the first of the month, goddammit. I can't wait for paper checks to be mailed out. I don't want one with DJT signature on it. FUCK THIS. GIMME the money.

I'm in the same boat, r329. Not sure if they are doing tiers based on income or if I got my info in to late and I'm getting a check.

Summerrain @ 311: Thanks for this schedule. Are you aware of a similar calendar showing when Social Security recipients (Form SSA 1099 non-filers) might expect their direct deposit stimulus funds? TIA.

This information is so hard to come by, and toady smirking Mnuchin is only playing games with the payouts.

r331 I copied the check schedule from Forbes.com. Sorry but I don't know more than that.

I'd suggest you scroll up and find the "when do I get my check" link. Fill in your data there and see what it tells you. I'd assume if you haven't gotten direct deposit by now you probably will get a physical check in the mail. That's guessing but it makes sense to look into.

I filled out the form for non-filers almost two weeks ago and still no word. I guess the non-filers are gonna have to wait longer since the government is getting info about people who they don't have a file on? I listed my income as $0, so am I even eligible?

I want to know why I still get the message about not knowing if I qualify. I clearly do and I filed for 2018. I didn't get a chance to do 2019 because this thing hit around the time I would've gone to my accountant and then everything shut down and I couldn't even electronically send anything because everything became a mess.

Thanks again, Summerrain @ R332. Of course I had checked the website before seeking your advice; there, we are instructed not to use the questionnaire for SSA-1099 inquiries. Go figure. And, no, it is unlikely that I will be issued funds by means other than direct deposit via Direct Express Card.

^^I will post my findings here as they occur.

R333 - I suspect there is some IRS website confusion between "income" and "benefits paid." The former meaning funds earned through employment, etc. and the latter being Social Security/Disability payments. Easy enough for us to understand, but try explaining it to "the gang that can't think straight."

[quote]"the gang that can't think straight."

Don’t drag us into this mess. We’re appropriately hiding.

I’m retired and on SS, and I fall about at the middle of the schedule R111 posted, but my $1200 was deposited to my account on April 15. I had just filed my taxes on April 13, don’t know if that had anything to do with it. My state and federal refunds were also deposited the same day.

[quote] I’m in the money!

Don’t spend it all on that ‘76 Pinto you’ve had your eye on.

Has anyone here who entered the bank info into the portal received a check yet?

Not me, r341.

[quote]You are a twit, and no there is nothing to say about when disability will get the stimulus. Excuse me for being on disabilty, I guess you would just push all the disabled off a cliff.

Go to the top of the lost and read through all of the post you lazy twat. The information is there, several links posted too. Try reading some of those. If you are disability, what else do you have to do anyways.

And by the way, since you are getting disability, you shouldn't be planning your world around this check anyway, you are already living large off the government tit.

R343’s post is just one giant “oh, dear!”

R343 thinks of himself as “edgy”.

R343 You are ignorant, there is nothing abut when non filers will get their check, really, you have some strange hate toward someone on disability or is it just someone with HIV, too close that it makes you scared or something? I guess you are one that thinks I deserve it, how nice, jut like the religious fanatics.

Who said anything about HIV R346? You really like to project a lot. And for the record, my partner is HIV positive and works his ass off, not sitting home living on disability pretending it's 1980 death sentence woe is me. It's not like that if you take your meds on time like you are supposed to.

Do you th8nk another stimulus payment will be paid out?

Not going to happen. Talk is cheap. No real plans on the table to do so, just chatter. That's all your getting unless you have a business.

[quote] That's all your getting unless you have a business.

Oh, dear!

^^ You're^ Sheesh! Grammar queens.

Yes, R438; for us.

As long as we’re in quarantine, we should be compensated for it.

R339, my mom is retired and gets SS direct deposited. She doesn't file anymore as her SS income is very low. She hasn't received her 1,200 yet. I wonder if it's because she doesn't file? I had read SS payments would take place later in April so I'm standing pat. But I'm a little concerned...sorry Susan Collins.

But there are many other questions that linger for older Americans with social security and disability insurance.

"What we've been told is that the social security recipients will be getting theirs very, very soon."

So why weren't they in the first round of checks that went out last week? Sweeney said there was an extra step that caused a delay.

"The IRS needed to get their information from the Social Security Administration or the VA in order to get their payments out to them,” he explained.

And to clear up any confusion, Sweeney reassured that those beneficiaries do not have to fill out tax forms or any other paperwork.

"Those payments will be coming automatically and will likely be direct deposited into the same bank account where they get their payments right now."

Has anyone see the actual paper check with Trumps name on it yet? Can I cross that out and deposit it like a silent protest?

I got mine direct deposit so I didn’t have to throw up seeing that name on my check.

I got mine direct deposit so I didn’t have to throw up seeing that name on my check.

Corruption galore.

^ and this is what the Dems tried to protect small business from, so I hope the fucking idiot small business Republicans finally grow a fucking brain. YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING A REPUBLICAN...BECAUSE YOU'LL LOSE YOUR BUSINESS BEING ONE.

Got my stimulus check today. I barely made anything last year so I'm part of the first round of checks that are being sent out

the lockdowns will likely be done before I get mine at this point. still no date updated on this website.

[quote] Got my stimulus check today.

Mitch McConnell called. He wants it back.

Soc. Sec. recipients who don't file taxes and have direct deposit from the IRS are supposed to get their stimulus payments on or before next Wednesday the 29th. This group apparently numbers 50 million people.

Payments on the way.

R364, thanks for the news...hopefully, it will go smoothly.

I got my paper check in the mail today. It has shitheads name printed on it on the lower left.

Really? damn!

Yeah, it's not shitheads signature, it's text. Probably someone talked him out of that telling him it would take longer.

[quote]Mitch McConnell called. He wants it back.

He's from KY, he can't get back what was never his. He only takes what was never his.

Can someone shove a straw up that turtles nose please.

R367

I did as well. I wasn’t sure if I qualified or not.

If you got a physical check, what would happen if you drew an arrow pointed to his name and wrote "orange asshole" then took it to the bank?

Where the note line usually is on a standard check it says is extra bold font IN ALL CAPS:

Economic Impact Payment

President Donald J. Trump

But it's singed by someone else in a regional distribution office. I am surprised he didn't up the point size on the letters as well because it's the same size as the other text. But I did have to do a double take, it really is darker on the "Bold" setting of fonts and it really is all caps.

This is the creep’s opponent. She seems good and has accomplished many good things but I don’t think she has what it takes to beat McConnell.

[quote] But it's singed by someone else

Oh, no! If it’s burnt the bank might not take it.

i got notification on the site this morning: We scheduled your payment to be deposited on April 30, 2020 to the bank account below.

I just heard about a new stimulus on a YouTube video. They haven’t closed the deal yet but they are planning to give us 2000 then 1000 for a year.

Sounds like a credible source.

🙄

I got the same notification on the IRS site, rescue chick.

yaay r380! I am going to get a kitchenaid stand mixer and the chopping and vegetable attachments! likely a refurbished one because they are scary expensive

Indeed, April 30 for me too.

I’m glad for you, rescue-chick.

I like you.

I'm so, so, so glad for you all. Honestly, I am....

awww, thanks r383 :) I hope people who need it more than I do get it asap. I feel kind of selfish and guilty about my wanting it but, I grew up poor and it's just my nature!

[quote]Sounds like a credible source.

It is being proposed in the House by two Democratic Representatives. How far it will get remains to be seen.

I ordered my kitchenaid stand mixer! tilt head. 5 quart. BIRD OF PARADISE color. the food processor attachment and the fresh slice attachment.

now my ocd is insisting I need a modern style fiberglass /teardrop tall end table in orange for my living room. the only ones I like are over 300 bucks. I can't justify that.

I'm betting on a second round of stimulus checks before the election. Dems will push it because free stuff and Trump will embrace it because his name will again be on the check people will cash. A convergence of interest.

Scumbag cunt: Brooklyn Man Accused of Stealing Stimulus Checks Out of Mailboxes

A 31-year-old Brooklyn man is accused of stealing at least nine stimulus checks, along with credit cards and other checks, out of the mailboxes of homes and apartment buildings in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn.

According to the criminal complaint and statements made in court Wednesday, police officers saw Chen look inside a medical collection bin at a closed medical office early in the morning on April 28. He then walked to a nearby residential building to examine the mail there, before walking into the gated area of another apartment building.

Chen appeared to be carrying mail when he left, which he tossed on the sidewalk when he saw the police, the criminal complaint read. The officers saw a large bulge in Chen's pocket and searched him, allegedly finding stimulus checks worth more than $12,000, along with stolen credit cards, bank checks, opened envelopes and letters with various names and mail addresses — believed to have been taken from other mailboxes.

One check allegedly stolen from a mailbox in the lobby of 868 45th Street was for $2,400. Police began tailing Chen after an alert resident flagged them to his alleged activity, and officers arrested him on Tuesday.

The NYPD initially charged Chen with possession of stolen property but investigators decided to increase the charges given the number of federal checks he allegedly stole. Federal prosecutors said they are charging Feng Chen with federal mail theft because of the postal-related nature of the scheme, as well as the fact that the Treasury checks were meant for workers in need amid the coronavirus crisis.

U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue detailed the charges, which carry up to five years in prison, in a release Wednesday. "For many families, these stimulus checks are a lifeline in these difficult times and anyone who tries to cut that lifeline will face the full weight of the law," Donoghue said.

Chen's federal public defender, Jan Rostal, declined to comment about the charges filed.

Investigators said they believe Chen was actively stealing checks for more than a week before his arrest. Officials are now reaching out to the families believed victimized to explain to them why they never received their stimulus checks.

I got direct deposit but I still got a statement in the mail with that bastards name on it.

R389, he's fucked. No way anyone is going to go easy on him.

My mom who is on SS with direct deposit and doesn't file, got her 1,200 today. Yay, big government actually working. Made for a pleasant phone call when she called to make sure the money was actually for her.

Hmmm, both my parents retired and get SSI through Direct Deposit to their banks, but they have not gotten anything. When you go to the IRS website to check they still get "your eligibility has not been determined" it sucks for them.

R392, when your parents got IRS refunds, did they get it via direct deposit or mail? Because even though they get SSI via dd, you/they may have to set up dd for the stimulus check.

R393, my parents don't file because, as I said, both are retired.

I wonder if SSI recipients won't get theirs until May or something.

SSI recipients are supposed to get their checks in next week's big dole out.

R394, I meant before they retired. Did they ever have direct deposit from the IRS? I'm asking because my parents are also retired and they used to get refund checks in the mail. They get direct deposit for their SS, but I actually had to put in their checking info on the stimulus site and they're getting it dd tomorrow. Just because your parents get DD for their SSI, doesn't mean the stimulus will go in there. You may have to set it up.

R395, thank you. I'll let them know to check next week.

R396, they retired in 2011, They used to get it by mail I think. I was under the impression that Non-filers could only enter their banking info if they had a dependent under 17 or were going to file taxes. I am pretty sure it says so in the "Non-Filers: Enter Payment Information" section of the IRS website.

So my parents could enter their DD info regardless?

SSI is welfare SSA is social security

R397, I would recommend you check every day until you get a date as to when they're supposed to receive it to be sure *how* they'll actually receive it because all I know is that I'm going by what I saw when I kept checking for my parents and it stated that if I wanted dd, to put in their checking info so that they could get it quicker. R398, I left off the A, my bad.

I got the impression that unless you already had dd set up for IRS refunds/payment, you're not going to get a stimulus check via dd - you'll get it by mail.

Shouldn't matter how they received IRS payment before retirement. I read SS recipients (who now do not file) will receive the stimulus payment exactly the way they get their monthly SS payments. So if it's DD, that's how they get it. If it's a check, that's what they will get. No action needed. And that's how it worked out for my mom today.

Now SSI--from what I recall reading, it's slightly different. Google it, there should be plenty on how it works for SSI recipients.

If all of you received $1200 that means you make under $70k a year. So we now see how many DLers are lying about all their income they claim to have.

[quote] SSI is welfare

No it is not. Welfare is only for families with dependent children. SSI is "suplemental security income" for social security recipients whose benefits are too low for them to live on it. SSI is a state benefit and SSA is a federal benefit.

And SSI recipients who get their benefits direct deposit into their bank accounts will automatically get their stimulus payment by DD into the same account. The only reason I can think of they wouldn't would be if they didn't receive any soc. sec. payments at all due to never having paid into the system. And the percentage of people that would pertain to would be quite tiny.

LOL, R401

R403, my parents paid a shitload into the system - my father was a small business owner. They actually only started getting refunds towards the end of their working years. Their accountant used to send whatever they owed to the IRS and they never had direct deposit set up for the refunds they eventually started getting, so they'd get their refund checks in the mail.

Now that they're retired and they set up dd for their SS, I assumed they'd get the stimulus via dd because the govt already had their checking info, but when I went to check their stimulus status, they advised direct deposit - I found it weird, but I set it up anyway.

I was under the impression they didn't have to do anything because SS already had their DD due to them receiving their retirement SSI through their bank accounts.

What is buffing is that they are both getting the same "we have not determined your eligibility..." shouldn't they be further along? Thanks to everyone for the sound advice. I'll tell mom and dad to keep checking everyday.

When’s the next round of $1200 since we’re still on lockdown?

We'll have to wait until the House reconvenes before the next stimulus package comes into being.

[quote] now my ocd is insisting I need a modern style fiberglass /teardrop tall end table in orange for my living room.

Can you post a picture of one, Chick? I can’t picture this in my mind.

TIA

Another round of deposits seem to have landed today. (4/30) if you still haven't received yours, today would be a good time to check.

I got mine yesterday, 4/29. My bank predicted that it would be 4/22 or 4/29. I did fill out that irs.com form a week ago.

R405 I think you may have misstated what kind of benefits your parents are getting. SSI is for the very poor. That does not seem to fit your parents. I don't think your parents have anything to worry about. If they're getting their SS via direct deposit they'll get their money, probably in next weeks round of deposits.

lile the orange ome in this picture r409. not the red type with the glass top. I need something tall because my sofa has tuxedo arms, something heavy and slightly bulky because my old girl is low to the ground and WILL knock over any of the nice pedestal type tables and most of the 4 legged tables. it needs a flat top. I want orange and my murano biomorphic huge bowl with succulents is going on top of it so it really can't be knocked over.

aka, George Jetson type table :)

rescue-chick, it must thrill you every time you see "rescue-chick" typed in orange here on DL.

haha, i don't know why i am digging orange currently but I promise, these are the only two orange item I have /want!

Thanks, Chick. I actually like the red one, but I’m partial to glass tops.

I never would’ve envisioned that without seeing it.

rescue-chick, Bird of Paradise is certainly KitchenAid [italic]a l'orange[/italic] to me.

That looks salmon to me

Salmon is a pinkish-orange.

it's more of a coral so, a pinkish orange. it will clash beautifully with my spring grass shoots colored kitchen walls.

It's so nice to hear so many of you have finally become stimulated. If there were any money shots (if you get my drift) we need to see them!

[quote]A 31-year-old Brooklyn man is accused of stealing at least nine stimulus checks, along with credit cards and other checks, out of the mailboxes of homes and apartment buildings

Ugh, that really pisses me off reading about this. It’s too bad he didn’t break his leg like that scummy woman trying to steal packages that was on YouTube.

[quote] If all of you received $1200 that means you make under $70k a year. So we now see how many DLers are lying about all their income they claim to have.

You seriously need to grow up!

You're right, R423. One wonders if that poster even pays taxes? First, the full $1200 check goes to a single person who has an adjusted gross income, not total income, of $75,000 a year or less and not $70,000, so the numbers are off from the start.

Adjusted Gross Income (aka AGI) is one's income from all sources, not only salary, but also any other taxable income like interest, dividends, Social Security payments and the like: the items found on lines 7 through 22 on a 1040 tax return. Added together, this is one's total income. From that total, subtract your adjustments, also called “above-the-line deductions” and you have your AGI. These above-the-line deductions include the following:

Educator expenses (a deduction for certain expenses paid by teachers); certain job expenses of performing artists; unreimbursed job expenses of state and local officials paid on a fee basis; HSA (Health Savings Account) deduction; 50% of the self-employment taxes you paid (Social Security and Medicare taxes); contributions you made to retirement accounts, including contributions to a SEP, SIMPLE, 401(k) and other qualified retirement plans (if you’re self-employed); the amount you paid for health insurance during the year, limited to your net self-employment income; any penalty you paid on the early withdrawal of your money from a savings account; alimony paid; deductible contributions to an IRA; student loan interest; tuition and fees; and domestic production activities deduction (deductions for manufacturing, construction, engineering, and software businesses.)

It's easy to see that a single person could make considerably more than a $75,000 total income income and report an AGI on their 2018 or 2019 tax returns of less than $75,000 after these deductions and still qualify for the full $1200 stimulus payment.

Easy, that is, unless someone is trying to be snarky and falling on their face in the process.

Did someone mention the color orange?

Orange? The most glorious, fetching, lust-inducing, jubilant color alive, Orange? Orange makes me hungry, Orange moves me to prayer. I live for the Color Orange!!!!

R415, rescue-girl, you buy that table. Now!

Funny, when it comes to the fruit...oranges, I can take them or leave them. Meh. And I absolutely abhor that orange-complexioned squatter in the White House.

But, Orange? Did someone mention...

I have dome the equivalent of having waited to long to have sex with someone and now we're just friends- I have looked at thousands of tables now and now am meh on all of them.

I got my money, yay!

Rentboys rejoice! R427 got his money!

Congratulations, r427!

r425!! i NEED YOU! what about this one? this one right?

Me likey, rescue-chick @ R430, but not as much as the first choice. This one seems trendy and might be dated in no time. But if the price is right, go for it; follow your heart.

Sorry about my bungling your name earlier.

^^Besides, it's Orange! How can you lose???

IRS sending out stimulus checks to dead people. That alone isn't the most amazing part. The checks are made out to the person's name with 'DECD' next to the name, which obviously stands for deceased. They're also sending out letters to dead people telling them they've direct deposited their stimulus check into their bank accounts. The only problem is many of these bank accounts have been closed for years. So no one knows where the money ended up.

And of course Trump and Mnuchin are both acting like "big deal, shit happens".

My payment was direct-deposited, but I still got a vanity letter in the mail signed by Queen Trumplotta.

LOL, "Queen Trumplotta"

[quote]"Queen Trumplotta"

Lady Caca

The man in the photo at R433 definitely doesn't need that check. He looks rich as fuck judging by his kitchen.

Trump is now saying he wants any additional stimulus payouts to go to businesses in the form of payroll tax cuts (which would benefit big businesses much more than small ones), rather than to the people. That fat crooked fucker will do anything he can to fuck over people who can least afford to be fucked over. Nancy and Chuck need to be on that like white on rice and make sure it doesn't happen. There's already enough money available for businesses in the stimulus plan.

I was hired for a part time customer service job. The company never gave me a schedule and then terminated my employment without explanation.

Can I collect unemployment?

R439 , 3 questions.

1) What state are you on?

2) how much money did you make last year?

3) If you didn't make money last year, how much money did you earn while working for you last employer who laid you off.

In California, you certainly qualify for unemployment if you worked part time. Even if you only qualify to receive $100 per week of unemployment, take into consideration that you will also get $600 per week as stipulated in the stimulus package that was approved by congress.

Don't waste any more time and apply now because you can lose the grace period of the UI application. Good luck.

R440

I am in Nevada.

I made about $3000 last year.

This company hired and fired me in about two weeks. They never put me on the schedule to actually work strange. They just sent me an email terminating my I-9.

r437, he has an island.

r437, he has an island.

R441, you can try and apply. What do you got to lose?

For example, I applied for unemployment on March 23rd, 2020 after the California closed down on March the 19th. I qualified through the standard process which is determined by the last 4 of the past 6 quarters.

I applied on March 23rd 2020, so the quarters that determined my eligibility were:

October 18, 2018 - December 18, 2018

December 19, 2018 - March 19, 2019

March 20, 2019 - June 19, 2020

and

June 20, 2019 - Sep. 19, 2020

Because I made money on at least one of those quarters, you only need one in California to qualify, I qualified for unemployment.

Apply through your state's unemployment and see what happens. Good luck.

The only I could apply online and I can’t get any help over phone ( after waiting hours I got two clueless people) I think I screwed up on some of the tricky questions. One question was am I going to receive any more money I haven’t gotten my last paycheck so I put yes. Someone said it could be weeks before we get our first check so when my job told me I could have vacation pay I took it. We got the check sooner before my vacation pay a friend got two checks and I only got one. Now I’m worried I screwed myself out of two checks.

So Monday I’m going to spend more hours waiting on another clueless person. I live in Kentucky but work in Indiana.

R444 Thanks!

OP you may very well qualify for unemployment compensation but the company that fired you before you ever went to work and never paid you anything would not be calculated into the criteria you would qualify under. Remember, unemployment compensation is an insurance policy paid by your employer. If any particular employer never paid any premiums on your behalf to the system (even if they were required to) then you would not qualify based on that employment alone. There's a reason employers will fight any UI claim they feel is not warranted. The more claims approved against them, the higher their unemployment insurance rates go.

Here is a resource that can help you find out if you qualify for compensation in your state. As has been already stated, states set their own criteria.

R437 missed the whole point of that post.

When’s the next stimulus check since were all still sitting at home?

I have to say I don’t get the point of sending $1200 to EVERYONE below a certain income level. That should target the newly unemployed only. Why hand out cash to retirees for example? They haven’t been financially hurt by this lockdown.

except for raised prices on everything and having to pay for delivery of groceries with tipping like everyone else.

No further payments as of yet. Congress will get into that when they reconvene

[quote]I have to say I don’t get the point of sending $1200 to EVERYONE below a certain income level. That should target the newly unemployed only

The newly unemployed already get unemployment money + 600 a week. So for example, in New Jersey you could get $713 + 600 = 1,313 per week or 5,252 per month! Compare that with a one time payment of 1,200 for 3 months.

People who have been unemployed for more that 6 months have no income at all. There are millions of people who have been unemployed for years I could see needing this money. Keep in mind, life is not the same for them either. Being in lock down, everything is costing more money. The first weeks of the pandemic, I tried to buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol and every place was sold out except for ebay which one guy wanted $40 for a half size bottle.

Which is tomorrow but they are back mostly for some sleazy reason due to Mitch McConnell.

Which is tomorrow but they are back mostly for some sleazy reason due to Mitch McConnell.

I meant to include all the unemployed in my comment, long-term and newly unemployed as well as underemployed should be the ones that get the $1200. My problem is the (some very comfortably) retired and others who haven’t been impacted financially by the shutdown. The ones who are talking about spending their $1200 on new kitchen appliances and other fun things, not using it to pay their rent or buy food for their kids. A lot of that trillion-dollar stimulus $$ was wasted on people who don’t need it.

And btw I’m one of the people who didn’t need the $1200 for essentials (what it was supposed to help with) but am getting it anyway. That’s a waste of taxpayer dollars, handing millions of dollars out to people like me. It was reckless and overkill.

R439 here. I was hired for a part time customer service job. The company never gave me a schedule and then terminated my employment without explanation.

Can I collect unemployment?

I got an email notification of termination of employment on May 1. But the company listed my date of termination as April 7, 2020 which is the same day they hired me.

Are they trying to retroactively fire me and list the day of hire as the same day of termination?

I have supervisor email communications and supervisor virtual meetings logs and communication with the company up until April 29, 2020 to prove I was an employee until May 1, 2020.

Are they trying to deny paying me for the three-plus weeks they wasted my time?

How are homeless people without addresses getting their checks?

R456/R457 I don’t need it. We’re both retired and we’ll do fine. There’s two of us, so it was two checks. It was very easy to donate it to charities we already support. Writing a check’s not that difficult.

I agree it shouldn’t have gone to everyone, but if someone does use it for necessities, great. If not, do some good with it. There’s more need all around us now so it’s just another form of recycling.

R257, I think it had to do with the logistics of it.

It’s easier to see what people’s AGI was and send them a check vs. saying “well this one is an essential worker, so he doesn’t need it. This one is unemployed, so she needs it. This one is laid off, but his company may bring him back tomorrow because they’re essential, this one is retired but doesn’t collect social security yet....”

It’s much easier and quicker to send out a check to everyone who falls within the parameters of the income requirements.

Not capping it at what people were making prior to losing their jobs was a HUGE mistake. People will not look for new jobs while they can collect 2x what they were making. July is going to be interest when it all runs out.

I agree, r462. In fact, I initially thought it WAS capped, but was proven wrong here on DL.

People are making more sitting home than if they were working. That doesn’t bode well for them wanting to come back quickly.

On the other hand, if their job opens back up and wants them back, if they refuse they’ll lose the weekly check from UI.

R463 are you sure about the last paragraph? I thought the requirement was that you had to be actively searching. What if they don’t want that job but something different? If a company fires you, why should you be forced to work for them again? I don’t know all the details.

Similar to R450's point, I don't understand why people on social security are getting stimulus money. Their monthly payments weren't interrupted.

Because it’s an election year in the USA, and because elderly people vote r465

[quote] That’s a waste of taxpayer dollars, handing millions of dollars out to people like me. It was reckless and overkill.

The money was meant as much for people (not just the unemployed or the poor) to prop up the economy as quickly as possible by spending it on goods, and not necessarily essentials.

[quote] I thought the requirement was that you had to be actively searching. What if they don’t want that job but something different?

If a company lays you off, then calls you back and you refuse, you can’t exactly justify you’re searching for other employment. The UI people would say, “your search is over. You’ve found a jobs, it’s your old one.”

[quote]If a company fires you, why should you be forced to work for them again?

You’re not forced to work for them. But we’re not going to pay you to sit home because your principles won’t allow you to work for that specific company.

R464, let’s put it in a joking way, from the movie National Lampoon’s Vacation:

(Referring to Cousin Eddie’s unemployed status)

Clarke: You mean to tell me in seven years he could find a job?

Ellen: Catherine says he’s holding out for a management position.

[quote]I don't understand why people on social security are getting stimulus money.

So we could buy new laptops or computers so we could Zoom. It was getting really old doing it on my phone.

r464, if you were laid off you have to accept the work that is now available. If your job offers you the same work you were qualified for you have to take it or you refused work and will lose benefits.

R471 I’m sure those newly re-employed workers are going to be SOOOO productive after losing their double incomes lol.

I see help wanted signs in many places.

R458. They are trying to do you a favor. Read between the lines.

R474 what do you mean?

R472. Oink oink.

My check was direct deposited on April 15th.

The official government letter with Trump’s signature alerting me of the payment, came last week. Perfect timing as I had just run out of toilet paper.

Thanks, r476, I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyway.

The IRS website says that my check was "scheduled" to be mailed to me on Fri, May 1. Today is Mon, May 4 and the mail was delivered to my house this morning, but no check. I assume that Sat and Sun don't count -- so how many business days does it take for these checks to arrive? I'm in Calif, don't know where the checks are mailed from.

I don't know about California, but in Atlanta it could easily take 5 business days for a letter to go across town. If it's certified, guaranteed 14 days...Things aint like they used to wuz on mail delivery.

You have to have a minimum amount of time on the job to qualify for unemployment R158. So being hired and fired the same day for a part time position means you're fucked.

No, r481, you have to have a minimum amount of time working, not necessarily at the same job.

If he had a job before this most recent company, he still qualifies.

R481 I wasn’t hired and fired on the same day although they try to make it look like that. I was hired on April 7 and they listed my firing as April 7 but didn’t notify me of my termination until May 1. But I was an active employee and complete prove it through correspondence and documents as an employee.

my kitchenaid stand mixer in bird of paradise came today a. d I love it so much that I actually hugged the damned thing. I made pizza dough, shredded parmesan, mozzarella and sharp provolone cheeses, sliced mushrooms and pepperoni all with it a d made pizza.

R484 Good for you, enjoy.

Glad someone can be happy.

I balanced out the universe by giving away all my small kitchen appliances today for free.

Proposal to give $2,000 per month to Americans gains traction in Senate

The bill was backed by Ed Markey and former presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders

Give the money directly to the people since this pandemic it’s not their fault. Trumps Republican corporate welfare grifter should get nothing. They’ve got billions in reserves it’s not like they’re living paycheck to paycheck.

This will never see the light of day.