The stimulus checks have started arriving in residents’ bank accounts. However, some U.S. citizens who have filed their taxes may not be getting a stimulus check—at all. Managing editor Tami Roleff explains why…
Some U.S. citizens who have a Social Security number will not be receiving a stimulus check from the CARES Act. Citizens who file their taxes jointly as a married couple with a Social Security number and an individual taxpayer identification number, or ITIN, are disqualified from receiving the stimulus check. The CARES Act excludes unauthorized immigrants and most U.S. citizens or legal immigrant spouses who file taxes jointly with unauthorized immigrants or immigrants without a Social Security number; an exception is made for military families. Legal permanent residents who have Social Security numbers and file taxes will get stimulus checks — as long as they don’t have someone in the house who files their taxes under an ITIN.
