
As part of the stimulus package, you may be eligible for a payment from the federal government.
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The IRS has already sent stimulus checks to the bank accounts of nearly 90 million US residents who had set up direct deposit with the federal government. The agency has also started issuing the first paper checks, according to US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, with CNET readers telling us they’ve been notified that their coronavirusstimulus checks up to $1,200 each were mailed Friday, April 24. And…