5 reasons your stimulus check might have been less than you expected

By Susan Tompor
Detroit Free Press

Economic Impact checks will continue to be mailed in May and run through June, and possibly later. - Eric Gay ASSOCIATED PRESS

Why is my stimulus check so scrawny? Why am I getting far less than I thought I would?

As much as you’d like to be happy about seeing a stimulus check in your mailbox — or spotting the direct deposit in your bank account — sometimes, you end up wondering why you didn’t see more money.

And more people than some might imagine are miffed. The Internal Revenue Service even now has listed a group of reasons for why the dollar amount of your Economic Impact Payment could be, as the IRS delicately puts it, “different than anticipated.”

Many people already have received stimulus payments of up to $1,200 for singles and up to $2,400 for couples, plus $500 for dependent children ages 16 and younger.

But those amounts aren’t guaranteed. They will vary based on your income. And in some cases, you might not see any money at all.

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