Claims about new stimulus checks, IRS direct deposits, relief payments and tariff dividends spread throughout 2025 — and they’re still circulating in 2026. But is there any truth to them?

Taxpayers who haven’t filed their 2021 tax returns may still be eligible to receive one (or more) stimulus payments sent during the height of the pandemic.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discussions about stimulus checks have been circulating in the news and on social media for the past few months. Many are assuming ...

As tax filing season starts, 1 million taxpayers are already set to receive automatic payments from the IRS. That has many people asking, “Will I receive an IRS stimulus check in 2025?” “IRS automatic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you heard rumblings about another stimulus check heading your way? Over the past few months, rumors about stimulus checks ...

No new stimulus checks are approved, and the IRS has not confirmed December payments. The last official relief was $1,400 credits tied to 2021 returns, with deadlines now passed. Trump’s proposed ...

TurboTax announced Friday that stimulus payments will begin to be deposited Friday for millions of customers affected by an IRS error that sent the payments to the ...

The last round of federal economic‑impact payments went out in 2021, and any new checks would require Congress to pass fresh legislation. In 2024, the IRS sent automatic payments to eligible taxpayers ...

Claims about new stimulus checks, IRS direct deposits, relief payments and tariff dividends circulated widely throughout 2025, and they’re still making the rounds in 2026. The question is whether any ...