
Once verified, the same payment status is shown for both spouses. If you file a joint tax return, either spouse can typically access the portal by providing their own information for the security questions used to verify a taxpayer's identity.


To access the tool, you'll be asked to provide a: If you don't provide account information, your payment will be reissued by mail when the IRS receives an updated address. At this point, you can enter a routing and account number for your bank account, prepaid debit card or alternative financial product that has a routing and account number associated with it. In this case, the portal will say "Need More Information" about two to three weeks after the original payment was issued. If a third-stimulus payment is mailed to you, but the Post Office is unable to deliver it and returns it to the IRS, you may be able to use the "Get My Payment" tool to send the IRS your bank account information to have your payment reissued as a direct deposit.

The IRS already has bank account information for millions of Americans from recent tax returns, tax payments, the original "Get My Payment" tool, the non-filers tool used last year, other federal agencies that regularly send out benefit payments (e.g., Social Security Administration, Railroad Retirement Board and Department of Veterans Affairs), and federal records of recent payments to or from the government. However, that feature isn't included in the current tool (nor was it offered for second-round payments).

For first-round stimulus payments, you could also use the portal to enter or change your bank account information to have your payment directly deposited into your account.
