People still have 11 days to apply for COVID-19 stimulus payments.
Those who make little to no income, and therefore are not required to pay taxes, remain eligible, but the deadline to complete a simplified tax return and get their relief payments is Nov. 15, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The GAO, which also noted taxpayers who missed the April 15 deadline have until Oct. 17, said data indicate that there could be between 9 million and 10 million eligible recipients.
The stimulus payments go up to $3,200, the Washington Examiner previously reported.
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From April 2020 to December 2021, the federal government delivered payment of $931 billion, the GAO noted, adding that three rounds of payments authorized by Congress benefited around 165 million eligible citizens.
A person with an income below $75,000 and married couples with a combined income below $150,000 were eligible for the full amount in all three waves of payments.
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The GAO also said Congress has temporarily extended the child tax credit to cover more families and added to the amounts given. The child tax credit, which has gone to millions of families, aims to reduce financial hardship and food insecurity.
From July to December 2021, “eligible families received advance monthly payments of half their total expected CTC, benefiting around 84% of U.S. children,” according to the GAO.
