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 </figure>IRSWASHINGTON — Today, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department
 of the Treasury and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced they are
 disbursing several million more payments in the third batch of Economic
 Impact Payments from the American Rescue Plan. This brings the total 
disbursed so far to more than 130 million payments worth approximately 
$335 billion.As <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-begins-delivering-third-round-of-economic-impact-payments-to-americans">announced</a>
 on March 12, Economic Impact Payments continue to roll out in batches 
to millions of Americans. The third batch of payments began processing 
on Friday, March 26, with an official payment date of March 31, with 
some people receiving direct payments in their accounts earlier as 
provisional or pending deposits. Here is additional information on this 
batch of payments:<ul>
 <li>This batch includes the first of ongoing supplemental payments 
for people who earlier in March received payments based on their 2019 
tax returns but are eligible for a new or larger payment based on their 
recently processed 2020 tax returns. These "plus-up" payments could 
include a situation where a person's income dropped in 2020 compared to 
2019, or a person had a new child or dependent on their 2020 tax return,
 and other situations.</li><li>The payments announced today also include payments for people for 
whom the IRS previously did not have information to issue a payment but 
who recently filed a tax return and qualify for an Economic Impact 
Payment. Payments to this group -- and the "plus-up" payments noted 
above -- will continue on a weekly basis going forward, as the IRS 
continues processing tax returns from 2020 and 2019.</li><li>In total, this third batch includes more than 4 million payments, with a total value of more than $10 billion.</li><li>This batch of payments contains more than 2 million direct deposit 
payments (with a total value of more than $5 billion) and approximately 2
 million paper check payments (with a total value of nearly $5 billion).</li>
 </ul>For the first two batches of payments (which began processing on <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-treasury-disbursed-90-million-economic-impact-payments-from-the-american-rescue-plan">March 12</a> and <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-treasury-disburse-another-37-million-economic-impact-payments-from-the-american-rescue-plan">March 19</a>),
 payments were primarily sent to eligible taxpayers who filed 2019 or 
2020 returns. People who don't typically file a return but who 
successfully used the Non-Filers tool on IRS.gov last year were also 
sent payments in these first two batches, either as a direct deposit or 
by paper check or an EIP Card, a prepaid debit card.Starting Friday, a large set of payments will begin going to Social 
Security and other federal beneficiaries who didn't file a 2020 or 2019 
tax return and didn't use the Non-Filers tool last year. These payments 
will go to Social Security retirement, survivor or disability (SSDI), 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) 
beneficiaries. As <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-projects-stimulus-payments-to-non-filer-social-security-and-other-federal-beneficiaries-will-be-disbursed-later-this-week">announced</a>
 previously, these payments will begin to be issued this weekend, with 
the projection that the majority of these payments will be sent 
electronically and received on April 7.No action is needed by most people to obtain this round of Economic Impact Payments. People can check the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment">Get My Payment</a>
 tool on IRS.gov on to see if&nbsp;their payment has been scheduled. The IRS 
notes that the Get My Payment tool on IRS.gov will not be updated until 
the weekend of April 3-4 with information for Social Security and other 
federal beneficiaries expecting payments next week.The IRS continues to review data received for Veterans Affairs (VA) 
benefit recipients and expects to determine a payment date and provide 
more details 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<h2>Special reminder for those who don't normally file a tax return</h2>Some federal benefits recipients may need to file a 2020 tax return, 
even if they don't usually file, to provide information the IRS needs to
 send payments for any qualified dependent. Eligible individuals in this
 group should file a 2020 tax return to be considered for an additional 
payment for their qualified dependent as quickly as possible.People who don't normally file a tax return and don't receive federal
 benefits may qualify for these Economic Impact Payments. This includes 
those experiencing homelessness, the rural poor, and others. For those 
eligible individuals who didn't get a first or second Economic Impact 
Payment or got less than the full amounts, they may be eligible for the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/recovery-rebate-credit">2020 Recovery Rebate Credit</a>, but they'll need to file a 2020 tax return. See the special section on IRS.gov: <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/recovery-rebate-credit-topic-a-claiming-the-recovery-rebate-credit-if-you-arent-required-to-file-a-tax-return">Claiming the 2020 Recovery Rebate Credit if you aren't required to file a tax return</a>.Free <a href="https://www.irs.gov/individuals/free-tax-return-preparation-for-qualifying-taxpayers">tax return preparation</a> is available for qualifying people.The IRS reminds taxpayers that the income levels in this new round of
 Economic Impact Payments have changed. This means that some people 
won't be eligible for the third payment even if they received a first or
 second Economic Impact Payment or claimed a 2020 Recovery Rebate 
Credit. Payments will begin to be reduced for individuals making $75,000
 or above in Adjusted Gross Income ($150,000 for married filing 
jointly). The payments end at $80,000 for individuals ($160,000 for 
married filing jointly); people with Adjusted Gross Incomes above these 
levels are ineligible for a payment.Individuals can check the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment">Get My Payment</a> tool on IRS.gov to see the payment status of these payments. Additional information on <a href="https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments">Economic Impact Payments</a> is available on IRS.gov.

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