Last chance to claim $1,400 stimulus check from 2021 nears

( WJW ) — Some taxpayers have just a week to claim the $1,400 stimulus payment they’re eligible for but didn’t receive in 2021.

The IRS announced at the end of 2024 that roughly 1 million taxpayers who did not receive their stimulus payments would see a check in the mail or the money automatically appear in their bank accounts.

According to a press release from the IRS, about $2.4 billion was expected to be distributed in December, and in most cases, the payments would arrive by late January to the bank account listed on the taxpayer’s 2023 tax return or to the address on record.

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The special payments were for those who filed a 2021 tax return but left the data field for the Recovery Rebate Credit blank, or filled out as $0 when they were eligible, as previously reported by Nexstar…

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