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Have you not received your stimulus check from the IRS yet? Have you tried to find out the status of your stimulus check by using the “Get My Payment” IRS site only to be told “Payment Status Not Available… according to information that we have on file, we cannot determine your eligibility for a payment at this time” when you enter your information?
Join the club.
Thanks, IRS.
"Payment Status Not Available
According to information that we have on file, we cannot determine your eligibility for a payment at this time."
— Douglas Charles (@Douglazilla) April 15, 2020
Some people have had their stimulus checks sent out only to discover that instead of them being deposited into their bank accounts they were put in their tax preparers’ accounts.
Could an @IRSnews mixup left millions without their stimulus money? Checks sent tax preparers instead the clients. @GoodDayAtlanta @fox5atlantahttps://t.co/XOzLj63CFD pic.twitter.com/qgRX3Wdhuw
— Marc Teichner (@mteichnerfox5) April 16, 2020
Naturally, if one or all of these things have happened to you it would make sense to jump on social media and fire off a tweet to the IRS asking what’s going on with the money you were told you’d be receiving from the government.
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One would have to assume that the IRS being the IRS their Twitter account would surely be @IRS, right? I mean, why even look it up. It’s the damn IRS. Who else would have that Twitter handle?
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Turns out that the Internal Revenue Service’s Twitter handle is actually @IRSnews.
Thanks to hard work and long hours by dedicated #IRS employees, Economic Impact Payments are going out on schedule, as planned, without delay, to the nation. The IRS employees are delivering these payments in record time. #COVIDreliefIRS pic.twitter.com/cXOgNh87Ah
— IRSnews (@IRSnews) April 15, 2020
Not that it’s stopped a gazillion people from sending angry tweets to a person named Pauna Cristina at the @IRS Twitter handle.
https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/1250783153498714112I hear ya man, the website said they deposited my yesterday and my bank is all "NOPE". I even called the bank-nothing pending. And the @IRS isn't taking even taking live calls anymore..Hang in there. #Commiserating #whereismystimulus
— MoralDeKayte (@de_kayte) April 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/nathanielstern/status/1250777339019046913
Why am I getting this error message @IRS ???? So frustrating. I’m completely eligible. pic.twitter.com/fwqSLdL9LA
— Mishele Hobson (@Salonmishele) April 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/RealRonB_NGW/status/1250776006224416773
https://twitter.com/Jacob70300206/status/1250774467824857088
I am STILL locked out of the @IRS #stimulouscheck #stimuluspayment website. WTFH?!
And don't @ me to say I should double-check my info. I know my SSN by heart thanks to the Army, know my damned address and my birthday.
— Mx. A.C. McKenzie (@YouEnbyMe) April 16, 2020
@irs my #stimuluscheck was deposited into an account that I am entirely unfamiliar with. What's a girl gotta do to get her coin? Thanks in advance! 🙂 #itsmymoneyandineeditnow#stimuluscheckupdate #stimuluspayment #stimulusdeposit #StimulusPackage2020
— Amber (@Amber43253732) April 16, 2020
Frustrated. The @irs had no problem finding my bank account when I owed taxes earlier this year, but can't find it to deposit my #stimuluscheck in a timely manner. So much for uplifting my finances during this crisis.
— Kris Coffield (@kriscoffield) April 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/professoralford/status/1250747716243787778
And on and on it goes.
Perhaps if all of these messages directed at @IRS were sent to the correct @IRSnews Twitter account then maybe everyone would actually get their money.
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