# Check in here (if you like) if you have (or have pending) your stimulus check **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 13, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705 "2020-04-13T17:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/1 "2020-04-13T17:09:17Z")
I heard on NPR that they would start showing up today for those with direct deposit info already with the IRS. Ours showed up in pending status this morning. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/2 "2020-04-13T17:46:46Z")
Now pending, effective date 4/15. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/3 "2020-04-13T18:16:43Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I heard on NPR that they would start showing up today for those with direct deposit info already with the IRS. Ours showed up in pending status this morning. > > Anyone else? Where should I look to see if mine is in a pending status? My online checking account(s)? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/4 "2020-04-13T18:47:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Where should I look to see if mine is in a pending status? My online checking account(s)? Check the same account that would get your directly deposited federal income tax refund, if you ever got one. Deposits generally show a “pending” status, when you look online, for 2-5 days after the date the bank is notified. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/5 "2020-04-13T20:00:32Z")
Got it. I had my last year’s tax return split between my checking account and **kaylasmom** ’s. Neither one is showing anything yet. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/6 "2020-04-13T20:15:14Z")
Not surprising, but nothing so far. Though my refund came within a couple weeks of me filing. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/7 "2020-04-13T20:17:59Z")
It’s currently pending in our checking account. Got our federal refund on 4/1. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/8 "2020-04-13T20:21:48Z")
Bank of America user here. No sign yet. Hoping it shows up in 2-3 days. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/9 "2020-04-13T20:37:56Z")
Checked account that we use with the IRS. Nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/10 "2020-04-13T21:32:59Z")
Nothing yet. Not even a “pending.” ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/11 "2020-04-13T23:00:39Z")
In a few days, you can check [on this site](https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments) things like your payment status and how the payment will arrive. I think that part goes active on the 17th. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/12 "2020-04-13T23:03:00Z")
Is there any rhyme or reason as to who gets their checks first? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/13 "2020-04-13T23:07:34Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Is there any rhyme or reason as to who gets their checks first? [From here.](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-are-stimulus-checks-being-sent-out-how-to-keep-tabs-on-yours-2020-04-10) > [@](#): > > The IRS announcement last Friday didn’t get into specifics on its timeline to cut checks, but here’s an estimated timetable, according to federal lawmakers, as of last week. > > • The IRS is planning to send a first wave for the week that starts April 13, according to an expected timeline from the House Ways and Means Committee. > > The tax authority will transmit 60 million payments via direct deposit, using the banking information it has on file for taxpayers’ 2018 or 2019 tax returns, the timetable said. > > That wave will include Social Security recipients who filed tax returns and included direct deposit information on their returns, according to the House Ways and Means’ estimated timeline. > > • The second wave will go to Social Security recipients who did not file 2018 or 2019 returns and receive their benefits through direct deposit. > > • In early May, the IRS will start mailing paper checks to households, at a rate of 5 million per week. The paper checks will first go to the households with the lowest adjusted gross incomes, and continue upwards. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/14 "2020-04-13T23:22:32Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Is there any rhyme or reason as to who gets their checks first? From [this list](https://www.reddit.com/r/stimuluscheck/comments/fypstg/confirmed_bank_megathread/), they may be going by small banks first, but it really seems to make no rhyme or sense. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/15 "2020-04-14T01:41:46Z")
I’ve used the same account for our tax refund each of the four years I’ve filed since returning to the US including this year’s 2019 return. Checked today, but nada, not even a “Pending.” ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/16 "2020-04-14T02:02:53Z")
Hasn’t arrived yet. Doesn’t matter because it will go into savings and remain unspent. Not gloating. The stimulus money is an advance on one’s 2020 federal income tax return. Since I have to pay every year, I’m saving it because I will have to return the full stimulus amount plus what I normally owe. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/17 "2020-04-14T02:19:30Z")
My mother indicated that she heard from her sister that a friend of her sister’s husband received theirs. That’s the best I’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/18 "2020-04-14T02:44:51Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Not gloating. The stimulus money is an advance on one’s 2020 federal income tax return. Since I have to pay every year, I’m saving it because I will have to return the full stimulus amount plus what I normally owe. Technically correct (the best kind!) but incomplete. The stimulus is an advance on next year’s return, but it is also a $1200 credit towards next year’s taxes. It is supplementary, not simply an advance. So that half a trillion bucks gets to hit NEXT year’s tax receipts. Woo! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/19 "2020-04-14T03:16:06Z")
Pending at my credit union. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705/20 "2020-04-14T05:16:26Z")
> [@slash2k](#): > > Now pending, effective date 4/15. Same here. We’re both Social Security recipients who use direct deposit for IRS type things. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-like-if-you-have-or-have-pending-your-stimulus-check/851705.md?page=2)