Stimulus update: Millions may still be eligible for COVID-19 stimulus payments

Millions of U.S. citizens may still be eligible for COVID-19 stimulus payments.

Families and individuals who don’t pay taxes due to having little or no income have until Nov. 15 to fill out simplified tax returns, according to the Government Accountability Office. Those who do pay taxes are out of luck, as their deadline has passed already. Their last chance was Oct. 17.

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From April 2020 to December 2021, Congress authorized the payment of $931 billion to 165 million eligible citizens through direct COVID-19 stimulus payments across three waves. A person with an income below $75,000 and married couples with an income below $150,000 were eligible for all three waves of payments.

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Congress previously voted to extend the child tax credit to more families, many of whom have already received their new payments.

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