AMERICANS can use an IRS Get My Payment tool to check if their $1,400 stimulus payment is arriving this weekend.
More than 127 million households have already received the stimulus checks approved by Congress earlier this month, but 30 million struggling Americans who rely on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) had been left waiting for weeks on end.
However, recipients of SSI and other federal aid, such as Railroad Retirement Benefits, will start receiving the cash as of this weekend, the IRS said.
The federal agency said it projects the majority of the payments would be received by Wednesday, April 7 at the latest.
Those who are impatiently waiting for updates can check when their cash is expected to arrive here.
"After receiving data from the Social Security Administration on Thursday, March 25, the IRS began the multi-step process to review, validate, and test tens of millions of records to ensure eligibility and proper calculation of Economic Impact Payments," the IRS said in a statement.
"If no additional issues arise, the IRS currently expects to complete that work and to begin processing these payment files at the end of this week."
The majority of the payments will be made electronically through direct debits and payments to existing Direct Express cards, the IRS added.
"Many federal beneficiaries who filed 2019 or 2020 returns or used the Non-Filers tool last year were issued Economic Impact Payments, if eligible, during the last three weeks," the IRS said.
"The update today applies to Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) beneficiaries who did not file a 2019 or 2020 tax return or did not use the Non-Filers tool."
Not included in the latest round of payments is those who receive veteran benefits.
A date has not been provided on when those payments will be made, but the IRS said that would be determined "soon".
"Currently, the IRS estimates that Economic Impact Payments for VA beneficiaries who do not regularly file tax returns could be disbursed by mid-April. VA beneficiary payment information will be available in the Get My Payment tool at a future date," the agency added.
The reason for the delay in payment was caused by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking the Social Security Administration (SSA) to send its payment files two weeks before the checks were signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11.
But it took until March 25 for the SSA to provide the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with the paperwork, reports Newsweek.
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