Haven’t filed your 2021 tax return? You might be missing out on a COVID stimulus check

UPDATED: March 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM PDT

The IRS says it’s distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who didn’t receive their stimulus payments.

Originally Published: March 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM PDT

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The special payments announced by the IRS are being sent to those taxpayers who filed a 2021 tax return but left the data field for the Recovery Rebate Credit blank or they filled it out as $0 when they were actually eligible for the credit.