@DorisB24065
1. Social Security Administration does NOT share your banking info with the IRS. So the only way the IRS gets direct deposit info is if you file a tax return and get your refund via your own bank account. So that is why they sent you & hubby a check in 2020 - it should have been $1200 each or $2400 for both of you. Was it?
2. As to why your hubby did not get the $600 stimulus in check form just like you did and that they (IRS) are seeing a (?) problem I can only guess (see below).
3. Also, I do not know what a 1040 SA is - sure that is the right number? There is a Form 1040, Form 1040A, and Form 1040EZ. The correct version just depends upon a number of factors mainly dealing with the size and types of your income and the various tax deductions and credits you claim.
My guesses - without more info - that's all I can do is guess.
- It is the amount of your total income that determines if you have to file a tax return or not - NOT just "earned" income. UN-earned income, unless specifically in a tax-exempt status, also counts toward the total taxable income. So maybe he does need to file a tax return if the IRS is showing some type of 1099- interest, 1099-dividend, capital gains, retirement distribution, etc. but yet no tax return is filed. They are still using the last tax return - for Tax Year 2019. So double check if he needs to file a tax return.
- Did he get any sort of tax credit subsidy for health insurance in 2019? That too, has to be reported on a tax return - the IRS would know about this too and is expecting a tax return to reconcile the subsidy.
- Would he happen to owe any back child support - that's one of the reasons the IRS won't send it.
There could be any number of reasons he didn't get it - even lost in the mail or delayed in the mail. But you seem to be saying that the IRS says there is some problem with him being issued one ? Now they could have just been giving you a canned, simple answer - who knows. OR, they are looking at income reports on him and thinks he should file a tax return to report this income.
You can always call the office of your US Congresscritter - they have staff that can help you figure it out.
Gorm is right, if your husband is eligible for it, it can be claimed on the 2020 tax return and then it is issued as a refund and if he wants it to go to the bank account, give them that info on the tax return and it is auto deposited into that account.
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