Have you received your stimulus payment yet?

Over 80 million Americans were to receive stimulus payments last week.

The US Treasury Department did not say how many of those are in SC or Lexington County.

While the IRS is trying to get payments to you as soon as possible by direct deposit, it will have to send paper checks to millions who gave no bank details.

If the IRS does not have your current bank information, you’ll get a check in the mail.

If you receive a call, email, Facebook message or other communication about your stimulus check, it’s probably a scam.

The government will never ask you to verify personal information over the phone, nor will it ask you for money.

If you don’t receive federal benefits, such as Social Security, you can track your stimulus payment on the IRS website updated daily.

Most of us who qualify don’t have to sign up or apply to get a payment.

If you filed 2018 or 2019 tax return and got a tax refund, the money is being sent to the same account where you received your refund.

If you closed your bank account, the payment will bounce back to the IRS and they’ll send a paper check to the address listed on your latest tax return or changeof-address filed with the US Postal Service.

If you receive Social Security retirement or disability benefits, Railroad Retirement benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits, you’ll get your stimulus payment as you normally do by direct deposit, Direct Express or mail.

The IRS is urging people who don’t file a tax return or get federal benefits to use an online tool to submit basic personal and bank details if they want to get their payment as soon as possible by direct deposit. TurboTax has also launched a free portal of its own for non-filers who want to submit direct-deposit details to the IRS.

Read more about tracking your payment in this week’s Tech Talk column on A6.