CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ginger Williams’s husband died last year.
She said, now, she’s dealing with health issues so she’s not working and only making part of her salary. Bottom line: she’s really counting on her stimulus money.
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“I didn’t think it would take this long, I really didn’t,” she told Action 9′s Jason Stoogenke.
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Williams doesn’t know why she didn’t get her stimulus money. Plus, another curveball just popped up. She’s on Social Security and the agency sent her a letter saying it overpaid her more than $3,400.
“So now I got to pay all that money back to them,” she said. “I don’t know what we’re going do. I mean, I know we’re going to be OK. But the fear of it. Just not knowing and the worrying.”
There are several reasons you may be waiting too:
- If you get SSI, but didn’t file a federal tax return in 2018 or 2019.
- If you’re low-income and don’t have to file tax returns.
- If you’re a veteran -- the government gives you a pension – and you didn’t file returns.
- If you’re self-employed – and usually owe taxes – so the IRS doesn’t have your bank account information.
In theory, you can update your bank account information on IRS.gov. But a lot of people have told Action 9 they had trouble with that. So --one option -- go file your 2019 tax return now (if you haven’t already). That will give the IRS all the latest direct deposit information it needs.
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