The News Tribune

Check your bank account. If you qualify for a government rebate via direct deposit, it should be there by today in many cases.

The Internal Revenue Service started depositing the money Saturday. On Monday, IRS and the Treasury Department said “tens of millions of Americans will receive their payments via direct deposit by Wednesday, April 15.”

Many who filed tax returns in 2018 or 2019 and have provided direct deposit information to the IRS In the past should see deposits that will usually total $1,200 per adult and $500 per child soon.

If the money isn’t there, consumers can after Friday go to a new IRS site, Get My Payment, that will allow people to check the status of their rebate. It should include the date the payment would be deposited or mailed.

That site should also include a way for those without an account on file to provide it, so they can get their payment more quickly.