IRS Stimulus Payment Website Turns Into One Big Error Message After Launch

[TheBlackAdder]

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If you're one of those people who gets a tax refund every year via direct deposit, this article isn't for you. Your StimBux™ either dropped into your account or will be in your account shortly if you are eligible to receive them.

For those of us who don't have direct deposit for whatever reason, the IRS helpfully set up a website where you could enter a change of address or direct deposit information, but by the time the West Coast woke up it was inundated and offering this message:



The wait was not terribly long, maybe 15 minutes or so, and then there was an invitation to enter an "official U.S. Government site" where a short form was served asking for Social Security number, date of birth and street address.

I was a little bit annoyed at this point that I had to give that information when all I wanted to do was give bank information for direct deposit (I wrote a check to the IRS last year after the tax scam passed). I was okay giving the info but I wanted it to be in connection with me giving my direct deposit information. Still, I did the thing.

Aaaaaand, I got the message you see in the screen shot at the top of the page. Just a random, generic error message that suggests they don't know I sent them a big fat check last year to pay my (MUCH INCREASED) taxes for 2018. We haven't filed 2019 and don't plan to do it until next month now that we have until July 15th.
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https://crooksandliars.com/2020/04/irs-stimulus-payment-website-turns-one-big

Hmm. I remember when a real president, about a decade ago, had their balls busted over website issues.

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[jberryhill]

1. Remember what these chuckleheads did when healthcare.gov had early hiccups?

Setting up a website where millions of people with infected computers are going to enter their social security numbers is a bad idea, though.

[CatWoman]

3. Trump just recently made snide remarks about it

[CatWoman]

2. LOL!!!!

Hmm. I remember when a real president, about a decade ago, had their balls busted over website issues.

[CatWoman]

6. K; R

[Maeve]

4. I could have written that article

Exactly what happened when I tried it....(altho they accepted our 2019 tax filing the other week)

[question everything]

5. The Rs severly cut the budget for the IRS, during the Obama administration