AL Stimulus Checks: Find Out Your Payment Status On IRS Site

BIRMINGHAM, AL — The American Rescue Plan that President Joe Biden signed last week gives up to $1,400 each to qualified taxpayers, and the IRS has now launched a portal on its website so people can track their payments.

The IRS activated the “Get My Payment” tool over the weekend, as the first of the stimulus checks were distributed via direct deposit across the country.

The payments will be based on income reported in 2020 tax returns for those who have filed and 2019 for those who have not yet submitted them. People who do not have direct deposit information on record with the IRS can receive their money by paper check or debit card.

The maximum amount for the third round of stimulus checks would be $1,400 for any eligible individual or $2,800 per eligible couple filing taxes jointly. Each eligible dependent — including adult dependents — also would qualify for a payment of $1,400. That means a family of four could receive as much as $5,600 in total.

Single adults who reported $75,000 or less in adjusted gross income on their 2019 or 2020 tax return would receive full $1,400 payments, as would heads of household who reported $112,500 or less. Couples filing jointly who earned $150,000 or less in adjusted gross income would receive the full $2,800.

The size of the payment is expected to gradually decrease for those who earned more than that. Eventually, payments would phase out for higher-income households