WASHINGTON - 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?

The 2026 tax season has kicked into high gear, setting off questions about 2025 tax returns, stimulus checks, tariff dividend payments, inflation checks, tax rebates and IRS direct deposits. The most ...

Eligible taxpayers who did not receive the third pandemic-era stimulus check, worth up to $1,400 per individual, may receive a direct deposit from the IRS. A number of GOP lawmakers have raised doubts ...

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 ...

Taxpayers aren’t expected to see any new stimulus checks of any kind this spring. The last federal economic impact payments were issued in 2021, and Congress hasn’t approved any new legislation to ...