Stimulus Check Vs Debit Card
The irs has sent out more than 140 million economic impact payments guaranteed by the cares act.
Stimulus check vs debit card. The cards can be used to withdraw cash from an atm transfer funds to a bank account. An economic impact payment card is a prepaid debit card that the us treasury used to distribute some stimulus payments under the march cares act instead of direct deposit or a paper check. Americans who received a debit card with their first coronavirus pandemic stimulus payment in 2020 should not expect that the card will be reloaded with the second payment that is now going out.
Formally called eip economic impact payment cards the debit cards are an alternative to receiving a paper check. Second stimulus check should you spend or save. What is the stimulus check debit card.
Millions of americans will begin to receive their stimulus checks through a prepaid debit card as part of the 2 trillion cares act treasury secretary steve mnuchin announced monday. The irs has sent some stimulus payments via debit card cnbc reports just as it did with the first round of payments sent in april 2020. About 4 million americans can expect to receive their stimulus payments through a prepaid debit card in the coming weeks the irs has said.
About 4 million americans received debit. If you re waiting on your stimulus payment you cannot request to receive a debit card instead of a check. Around 4 million americans will be sent their stimulus payments via prepaid debit card.