# Web site to check status of payment and enter bank account information is up. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 15, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842 "2020-04-15T11:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/84 "2020-04-24T14:30:48Z")
Has anyone here been able to update their bank account information on the Get My Payment site and subsequently had the payment direct deposited? If so, what was the timing? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/85 "2020-04-24T14:33:44Z")
Still unable to determine my status. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/86 "2020-04-24T14:53:21Z")
WHOA! I had been checking twice a day and kept getting “info not available,” but just now I got a screen that asked me for bank deposit info! It also asked for my adjusted gross income and amt refunded or owed from my 2019 tax return (which I’ve already done-- I NEVER get a refund. I always owe, and I did this year, too). If you haven’t done 2019, then 2018 numbers are okay. Now, more waiting. > [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > Has anyone here been able to update their bank account information on the Get My Payment site and subsequently had the payment direct deposited? If so, what was the timing? I’ll be curious about this, too. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/87 "2020-04-24T14:59:40Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > A close friend of mine just called to tell me that he had been getting the same message, but that yesterday he logged in and got a message that the IRS had determined that he was eligible, and he was finally able to input his bank info. So keep checking. > > ETA: I just did it and was also finally able to input my banking information, too. Yay, I was able to do so as well! Thanks for prompting me. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/88 "2020-04-26T13:58:37Z")
I entered my banking info 4/15 or 4/16 after seeing this thread. Today, the website says my payment will be deposited April 30 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/89 "2020-04-26T15:23:50Z")
I had been getting the “status unavailable” message. I’m getting SSDI and the FAQ says that that could be a reason for the unavailable message and that if I get direct deposit payments then it will be deposited in the same account automatically and I didn’t need to do anything. So I assumed that it might be added to this month’s SSDI payment which I get via direct deposit. It wasn’t. Just now I checked my status again and it said that I was eligible but I had to enter the info from my last return and also my bank account info. Hopefully I’ll now receive it. I think this is a case of one hand not knowing what the other is doing, a problem I’ve found is common in both government and corporate bureaucracies. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/90 "2020-04-26T15:56:09Z")
I heard something about how some people who got a “rapid refund” last year were having problems getting their payments. What’s happening is that the tax preparer (Turbo Tax, HR Block, etc.) gives you the refund and then later receives the refund from the IRS into their bank account. The problem is that the IRS then has the preparer’s banking info linked to you. So the stimulus payments are being sent to the preparers’ accounts instead of the taxpayers’. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/91 "2020-04-26T16:06:09Z")
I checked mine and I’m scheduled to have it deposited on Wednesday. It’s good to have confirmation. ---
**Author:** ![CatastrophicFailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@CatastrophicFailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatastrophicFailure)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/92 "2020-04-26T19:47:20Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > I entered my banking info 4/15 or 4/16 after seeing this thread. Today, the website says my payment will be deposited April 30 Same here. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/93 "2020-05-04T05:05:24Z")
The IRS site now says that I will be receiving my payment this Wednesday, May 6. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/94 "2020-05-04T11:44:42Z")
Looks like they changed the “status not available” message: > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > We are unable to provide the status of your payment right now because: > > > > We don’t have enough information yet (we’re working on this), or > > You’re not eligible for a payment. I think the first bullet is new. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/95 "2020-05-04T12:32:02Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Looks like they changed the “status not available” message: > > > [@](#): > > > > We are unable to provide the status of your payment right now because: > > > > We don’t have enough information yet (we’re working on this), or > > You’re not eligible for a payment. > > I think the first bullet is new. That was the message I kept getting until the happy day when I got the screen that asked for my bank info. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842/96 "2020-05-04T17:23:17Z")
Just a warning to everyone. I received a text message that is an obvious phishing attempt. I don’t think anyone here would fall for it, but just in case. > [@](#): > > David, your stimuIus is pending your confirmation. Must confirm no later than midnight 05.04 _link redacted_. The link was of course a string of random characters which I did not click on. No doubt it would display a page asking for information that would allow them to commit some theft such as redirecring my payment. If you get such a message ignore it and DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-to-check-status-of-payment-and-enter-bank-account-information-is-up/851842.md?page=4)