THIRD stimulus checks have been rolling out to people since March, but your $1,400 check or direct deposit may have gone missing. Here is what you can do about it.

Your stimulus payment could be delayed due to one or more reasons including an issue with your direct deposit, filing your taxes late, delay in mail delivery, or having an incorrect address on file

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You can track your third stimulus check through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) online portal called Get My Payment. 

This portal should inform you about when your money will be processed and whether you will receive it via mail or direct deposit. 

If the portal tells you that your payment is on the way but you still haven’t received it, then you can request a payment trace or file for a Recovery Rebate Credit, according to CNET.

A Recovery Rebate Credit is a process that allows you to claim missing stimulus money by filing a form with your 2020 taxes that includes the missing amounts. 

However, Monday is the last day to include that form or ask for a tax filing deadline extension.

You can also request a payment trace or file for a Recovery Rebate Credit to find your missing second stimulus check, but you also have to create an online profile with the IRS.

If you suspect that your check has been stolen or scammed, you can report it to the Federal Trade Commission and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) through an online resource that will help you claim back your money.

You could also track your money with USPS service which could send you a picture of every item of mail that was delivered to you including your stimulus cash, according to CNET.

In total, Americans received three stimulus checks since 2020.

The first round of checks was authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, that President Donald Trump signed on March 27, 2020.

The payments for the first checks were $1,200 per person, or $2,400 for those filing jointly, plus $500 per qualifying child.

In December 2020, the second round of stimulus checks was sent out as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act.

The payments for the second checks were $600 per person, or $1,200 for married individuals, plus $600 for each qualifying child.

One year following the first checks, the third round of stimulus checks was sent out earlier in March under the American Rescue Plan.

The payments for the third checks was $1,400 per person, or $2,800 for married couples, plus an additional $1,400 per eligible child.

Calls for a fourth stimulus check to be sent to all Americans continue to grow, after Joe Biden warned that anyone receiving unemployment who is offered a "reasonable job" must take it or face losing their benefit payments.

Biden issued the warning in a speech from the White House shortly after releasing a disappointing government report that found the US economy added just 260,000 jobs in April.

That figure fell well below the more than the million new jobs that had been projected.

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