My kingdom for an EIP Lookup portal

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@dkh wrote:

I mentioned it in my yearly tax letter and I revised my organizer to include a place to enter this information....but Oh No... why would they bother to fill it in !!!!!!!

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I hope that you ARE charging the clients an extra fee for not giving you that information.

Here is a collection of Stimulus info I documented. Have them do the work. These links:

https://www.irs.gov/payments/view-your-tax-account

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payment-information-center

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/second-eip-faqs

https://turbotax.intuit.com/stimulus-check/

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/articles/community-news-announcements/second-stimulus-resources/05/1774804
And: "The IRS said you can check the status of your second stimulus payment at IRS.gov/GetMyPayment (GMP).

If GMP reflects a direct deposit date and partial account information, then your payment is deposited there. If the payment was mailed, it may take up to three or four weeks to receive the payment. Watch your mail carefully and be sure not to throw out your payment.
If GMP shows “Payment Status #2 – Not Available,” then you will not receive a second stimulus check and instead you need to claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on your 2020 Tax Return."

Here's a link to the image for seeing the payment(s). An account transcript image example, which you can get for them or they can get for themselves:

https://www.irsmind.com/irs-notices/irs-transcripts-now-provide-stimulus-payment-information/

Good luck.

I sent out organizers to those clients that at least returned the organizer last year (hey, returning a blank organizer is better than not returning one at all).  I think that worked out to about 90% of my clients.  In between the slip sheet and the organizer itself, was another sheet of paper (in a different color) with a section that stuck out quite easily that asked them to enter the amount of the credit that they received.  It is placed in a such a manner that even a blind squirrel could see it.  If they can't take ten seconds of their precious time to provide that information, I am not going to take any of my time to attempt to retrieve that amount.  As far as I'm concerned, if they didn't provide any amount, I am of the assumption that they received the full payment.  As I have mentioned before, I do taxes ---------------- I do not do adult daycare.

suggest over-riding line 11 on recovery rebate cr wksht with prior yr AGI-couple of clients agreed(!) with the rebate amount shown.  won't know for sure til we e-file

just remembered--most of us have been around for awhile.  back in '06 or '08, there was a 'make work pay credit' of $400, i think.  however people receiving non-taxable Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits rec'd $250 in their VA checks-so while I computed a credit of $400 on the 1040-client rec'd  $400 less of a refund with a letter that said they already rec'd a payment from the VA. ( didn't know i had that many disabled vets in my practice and they were working 40 hour a week jobs!)  so i am expecting that if rebate is incorrect IRS will reduce the refund and i will have to explain that to the client