The Internal Revenue Service, IRS, will mail checks worth up to $1,400 to taxpayers who did not claim their stimulus checks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around one million U.S. taxpayers who were eligible for the check can expect a lump sum mailed to them during tax season.

A total of about $2.4 billion will be sent out automatically to taxpayers who did not claim the recovery rebate credit on their 2021 tax returns. The maximum payment to any one individual will be $1,400, though payments will vary “depending on several factors,” the IRS said.

The Internal Revenue Service is sending unclaimed stimulus checks of up to $1,400 to 1 million US taxpayers in the coming weeks. Here’s why the payments are going out — and how to find out if you’re eligible for the credit:

Approximately 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special stimulus payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS via direct deposit or check by late January 2025.

The IRS will send an estimated $2.4 billion to taxpayers who didn’t claim the recovery rebate credit on their 2021 tax returns. About 1 million taxpayers were eligible for the credit but failed to claim

"The IRS announced the special step after reviewing internal data showing many eligible taxpayers who filed a return but did not claim the credit," the agency said in a press rele

The IRS is sending stimulus checks up to $1,400 to one million taxpayers who missed claiming the pandemic credit in 2021.

The IRS says that over one million taxpayers may have missed out on the Recovery Rebate Credit (RRC) claimed on their 2021 tax returns.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that 1 million taxpayers will receive about $2.4 billion in stimulus checks in the coming weeks.