U.S. President Donald Trump’s name appears on the coronavirus economic assistance checks that were sent to citizens across the country April 29, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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News that the U.S. government has deployed millions of stimulus checks for up to $1,200 per individual has made headlines.
But still many individuals are asking, “Where’s my money?!”
Admittedly, that chorus should be quieting down now that the IRS said this week that the government has gotten out a majority of the payments.
The IRS announced this week that a total of about 130 million Americans have received their stimulus checks. That amounts to more than $200 billion in payments in about four weeks.
There are many reasons why payments are coming later than people would hope, and a lot of them are legitimate.
Janet Holtzblatt
senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
In total, more than 150 million payments will be sent out, the IRS projects.
So if you are still waiting, your…
