Worry not on Why have I not received my 3rd stimulus check? this is because, If you haven’t received all of the money you are eligible for, you will need to claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on your tax return. The third stimulus checks were technically advance payments of that credit.
Most eligible individuals received their third Economic Impact Payment automatically and didn’t need to take additional action.
The agency began disbursing them in March of last year, after President Joe Biden signed off on the American Rescue Plan. The last of the payments were sent in December.
But there are a few categories of people who will need to claim the credit to get their stimulus money, for a variety of reasons. The main group is parents of children born in 2021, or families who added another eligible dependent, such as a parents or grandchild, to their 2021 return. Assuming the parents or guardians were eligible for stimulus money, their dependent is, as well.
Most other eligible taxpayers have already received the full amount they are entitled to and won’t need to claim the credit, according to the IRS. That said, some people who qualified for the payments may not have received them at all, or may have received less than they are eligible for.