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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHaving trouble with the IRS site? Try all caps -- yes, really
Getting a payment status not available error when youre trying to learn the status of your IRS coronavirus stimulus check? Try this one weird trick that really works: Enter your street address in all caps.
Yes, really. The IRS website had a big update this week, so its possible the site only just ported over your information and will let you log in now without having to shout at it. Youre welcome to try typing out your street address the normal way. But if that doesnt work, dont despair: Many people, including this reporter, have found that entering their street address in all capital letters was the key to getting in and being able to enter their bank account information in order to have their stimulus funds deposited electronically instead of waiting for a check in the mail.
There is a technological reason for this involving knowledge of arcane programming and the federal governments aversion to investing in resolving its tech debt. But the why doesnt matter quite so much as the whoa here, which is: Whoa, this works?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/having-trouble-with-the-irs-site-try-all-caps-%e2%80%94-yes-really/ar-BB13hNlA?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout
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Having trouble with the IRS site? Try all caps -- yes, really (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Apr 2020
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hlthe2b
(102,267 posts)1. what a clusterfk
underpants
(182,802 posts)2. THANK YOU
THIS WAS HELPFUL
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)3. It's super arcane ...
Unix-based operating systems, which I'm sure a ton of the IRS systems are built on ... are case-sensitive. Which means it sees 'A' and 'a' (for example) as two totally non-equivalent characters.