Is anyone still getting Status cannot be determined

[Tribetime]

At the present time in regards to the $1,200 payment. I I work for myself and filed taxes last year and this year I just sent them out but that's the response I get when I try to enter get my payment I can't enter Bank info there and get to that point

[catrose]

1. Yes, me. I can't see how to get to anywhere to ask or fill in info.

IRS doesn't have my bank info, but SS definitely does.

[rzemanfl]

29. If you filed a joint return you will get a paper check. n/t

[Demsrule86]

38. No, I filed a joint return and had it deposited into my account.

[rzemanfl]

39. You did not read the post I was responding to.

Please do.

[dalton99a]

2. Millions are in the same boat

especially people who had to give the IRS money when they filed

[DeminPennswoods]

3. Yes

I wonder if it's because a filer owed money either in 2019 or in 2018 if they haven't filed 2019 taxes yet. I went to the FAQ page and read that you'd get direct deposit if your taxes showed a refund due (thus IRS has bank info handy), soc security or RRretirement. Feds have my bank info from my civil service pension.

[mokawanis]

4. Getting the same thing

I'm going to take a temporary drop in income in a few months and could really use the stimulus money to fill in the gap. No idea when I'll see it.

[snowybirdie]

5. Yes

Will give it another few weeks before bitching. It's the government after all.

[albacore]

16. In defense of "government"...

This was not scheduled. It was dumped on the poor slobs who have to make it work. Shorthanded, too. Down budget and down 20% of staff.

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/09/830159777/irs-budget-cuts-and-staffing-challenges-create-coronavirus-payment-headaches

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. oui

[dweller]

7. si

same as always

✌🏼

[rzemanfl]

8. I have stopped trying. If a joint return was filed without direct deposit info

and it wasn't otherwise provided they will mail a check when they get around to it even if both taxpayers get Social Security. It seems to the IRS people cease to be individuals when they file a joint tax return. Fuck this government.

[albacore]

17. I presume you mean trump's government.

As I posted elsewhere on this thread, IRS is way down in budget and 20% of staff, and Congress just sprung this on them. Can you imagine all the factors that have to be accounted for in programming this into the IRS computers?
When you demand much more work out of a smaller staff, you don't get perfection.

[rzemanfl]

19. Is there another one? n/t

[cwydro]

24. Lol.

Excellent point.

[rzemanfl]

25. Also a disaster. n/t

[cwydro]

26. You got that right.

And a nightmare.

[rzemanfl]

27. Also a clusterfuck of epic magnitude. Let's stop now or we could go on all day.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Are the other people going to get two checks before we get our first check?

[jimfields33]

20. Two checks? I don't think that's a thing

At one time there was talk of 6000 per person. And then 2 checks of 1250. But the end result is one check for 1200 per person and 500 per child. I don’t believe another check is coming.

[Marrah_Goodman]

33. There won't be a second check

[Beakybird]

10. Yes.

[nykym]

11. I get all the way to the mobile phone part

then they say my Tracfone number can't be verified.
Other option is snail mail.
wish they would get their act together.

[Goodheart]

12. Yes.

[VMA131Marine]

13. Yep. I still am!

And I know a number of others who are getting the same message.
The thing we seem to have in common is owing money on our 2018 tax returns and not yet having filed for 2019.

Has anyone who owed money in 2018 or 2019 gotten their money yet? That would require you to enter your direct deposit information since the IRS says it cannot use direct debit information that was used to pay taxes.

[MoonchildCA]

14. Yup. Same boat.

[Trailrider1951]

15. Yes. I haven't filed 2019 tax return yet, because I will owe money I don't

have right now, and the deadline was extended to July 15th. I filed 2018 taxes and owed for the first time in a long time. I also receive Social Security by direct deposit (I'm 68). God knows when it will show up.

[dsc]

44. You can file now and pay later

they give you an option of date when you enter the pay information.

[jimfields33]

18. Yes. I guess I'm getting a check although I can't verify

If by mid June, I don’t have anything, I will begin calling. To do it now would take days.

[pwb]

21. But republican'ts cut right through that red tape stuff ?

No Red tape and regulations during puke administrations. No Sir.

[Tracer]

22. Haven't received the $1,200 yet, but

the state of MA has managed to send me a nice refund for my 2019 taxes.

Which is helpful, since my property taxes are due in about a week.

[US4u2]

23. Snafu, eh? Get use to it...

Doesn't it seem strange that that $1200 check works out to be only $100 a month for one year, for people who will be experiencing, over the next 2 years, probably 10 times that amount in unplanned expenses? If they live through this, which, seeing as how the elderly are the chief target of the virus, may only go to burial services. While at the same time, businesses get millions in loans they don't have to repay. Seems like a pittance, especially when you hear that commercial on tv that says, over and over again, that SS only covers $225 for your funeral, when the average cost is over $8000.

This year, I got a whopping $14 as a cost of living increase in SS. The same day that letter arrived, I received a letter from local electric company notifying me of an increase of over 6%, and another one from the city for 6% for trash, water and sewer. So, my cost of living increase actually lets me have an extra cup of coffee, once a month. Wow. Thanks for nothing.

[Bayard]

28. Same here.

I kind of expected it, since I'm self employed and always have to pay in. But same message for Mr. Bayard, and he always gets a refund. Granted, he's always filed a paper return.

[MineralMan]

30. Yes. I got that, but then I looked at the site as it is before you

go to the form. It says, right there, "If you receive Social Security benefits, this app will not be able to give you any information."

So, I wasted my time filling it out. Elsewhere on the site, in a FAQ, it says if you receive Social Security, we will use your deposit information to deliver your payment. When? It doesn't answer that. So, it will come, at some point, I guess.

[Marrah_Goodman]

34. When you try to find out online when we will get ours it always just says "soon"

Sigh....it is frustrating. Soon could be next week, next month, heck it could be June for all we know.

[MineralMan]

36. For me, the timing is irrelevant.

We're OK for now, financially, so whenever it gets here is OK. I know that's not the case for everyone, though.

[rzemanfl]

41. I was told by my congresscritter's office that

people who filed joint returns, who don't have direct deposit info on file with the IRS, and receive Social Security by direct deposit will receive paper checks according to the adjusted gross income mailing schedule. To the IRS, "individuals" does not mean what the rest of the world thinks it does.

[Politicub]

31. My husband and I are apparently having a printed checked mailed to us next week

It's the first time I've used the tool and gotten a response other than "error" or the same status you received.

We have always done auto deposit for taxes and my husband's social security for as long as we have been filing taxes. I have no idea why they decided to include us in the check drop. We'll see if it actually shows up. I hate that I have to see Trump's ugly-ass signature.

[Marrah_Goodman]

32. Yes- the tool doesn't work for me

If you are on SSDI and do not file taxes it is useless.

[superpatriotman]

35. Yes

No money yet
married couple

[Totally Tunsie]

37. Check arrived in the mail today.

Retired, SS through Direct Deposit, filed taxes for both 2018 and 2019.

[Glimmer of Hope]

42. I don't understand why yours was mailed.

That makes no sense if you have DD. Anyway, I am glad you got your check and I guess I will check my mail!

[Totally Tunsie]

43. I don't understand either, and yet it's here.

Could do without President Dumbass's name printed on it, but I'll take what I get.

Good luck on tracking down your payment. Hope it comes quickly for you (and all others expecting one).

[sarcasmo]

40. It will be months before we see a check. The system is antiquated and overloaded.

[dsc]

45. I am getting that message as well

I owed money in both 2018 and 2019. I thought I had filed in mid March but my return was rejected so I ended up filing on 15 April. I am going to keep trying daily until I can enter the info. If not, I will get a check mailed in first week of June.

[DeminPennswoods]

46. Just checked

It looks like the payment info database has been updated. When I entered my info to the "get payment" screen, got a "you are eligible" message, then a question asking me if I owed money or got a refund and the amount, then if I wanted direct deposit or a check. I entered my info using my 2019 taxes that were filed back in Feb, but got a message back saying that didn't match their info and to use my 2018 taxes. When I entered that data, got a message saying I'd get a direct deposit.

If you are getting a check, the IRS is issuing them from lowest AGI first to highest last, which makes sense to me.

[Tribetime]

47. Thank you so much you're right

It says you are eligible for the payment once we have your payment date we will update this page