Stimulus checks are coming to residents across the country.
The US Treasury Department started sending the $600 COVID relief checks to bank accounts Tuesday night. Some checks may have arrived locally before midnight with others coming through the rest of the week and much of next week.
The first round of stimulus checks is coming to residents who set up direct deposit with the Internal Revenue Service for 2019 tax returns. If that information has changed, checks will be delayed. Paper checks will go out to residents starting Wednesday.
Full amounts are coming for individuals earning up to $75,000 or married residents filing jointly who earned less than $150,000 last year. Dependents up to age 18 are also eligible for payments. Checks end for individuals earning more than $87,000 or couples making $174,000.
The payments come after months of negotiations and inactivity in Congress until the past two weeks. President Trump has demanded $2,000 checks, and there is still a chance that could happen. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has introduced a bill that would send out the bigger payments if provisions to shield social media companies from liability for posted content are removed and a commission is established to investigate voter fraud. All three items have been demanded by President Trump. If that is indeed approved, the current thought is eligible residents would receive a second check.
Information from ABC News and CNBC was used in this report.
