Stimulus Check Missing Child Payment

Low income families no longer have to wait until they file their 2020 taxes to claim the missing coronavirus stimulus payment.

Stimulus check missing child payment. If you have dependent children 16 or younger your coronavirus stimulus check was supposed to include an extra 500 per child. You re not the only one. If your tax refund is usually garnished for child support your stimulus check probably will be as well.

The cares act specifically states that past due child support is the only obligation that would subject stimulus payments to the treasury offset program. The window for them to claim the extra money closed but the irs has reopened it. Other types of debt like unpaid taxes or delinquent student loans won t affect your payment.

Robin hartill is a certified financial planner and a senior editor at the penny hoarder. This means individuals who are behind on. Many low income families reported that their 500 coronavirus stimulus payment per child was missing from their first check.

But an untold number of parents have found that their checks were missing the 500 child credits. Still missing your 500 per child stimulus check. That means those customers may still receive a check from the irs.

Your stimulus payment was offset for unpaid child support.