With tax season underway, some experts have warned that the 2022 season may see some of the issues of 2021, when several rounds of stimulus checks caused severe logjams in the IRS' filing system.
While it's been about a year since stimulus checks were last dispensed, an array of social media posts claim a fourth round of stimulus checks are on the way.
"SENDING OUT $2,000 CHECKS FOR EVERYONE! FOURTH STIMULUS CHECK," says the title on a Jan. 28 Facebook video viewed more than 20,000 times.
YouTube videos with titles claiming the checks will be deposited Feb. 9 drew 40,000 more views.
But none of the videos followed through with any proof of an upcoming payment. Because there isn't one.
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No fourth stimulus check is imminent, the IRS confirms.
The poster couldn’t be reached for comment.
Recently, calls have circulated online for a fourth stimulus check to be approved, with many saying that although the payments have stopped, the pandemic clearly hasn’t.
Over three million people have signed a Change.org petition calling for recurring $2,000 payments for adults and $1,000 payments for children until the pandemic ends.
But no such payment has yet been approved, IRS spokesperson Eric Smith told USA TODAY.
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