2000 stimulus check: US citizens to receive IRS stimulus checks in November 2025 and $2,000 tariff dividend checks? Check the latest update

Social media is abuzz again with rumors that new IRS relief payments will be deposited into Americans’ bank accounts this November. Rumors are floating around the internet that the federal government will issue new stimulus checks before the end of the year. But Congress has not yet approved any authorization payments, and the IRS has not confirmed that new stimulus checks are planned in the coming weeks. The last round of economic impact payments occurred in 2021, and future payments will require new legislation from Congress.

Will US citizens receive federal payments?

The answer is No. The IRS confirmed there are no plans for additional federal stimulus or relief payments in 2025. The last such payment was a $1,400 Recovery Rebate Credit due in 2021, with a claim deadline set for April 15, 2025. Posts suggesting that new deposits will arrive this month are false.

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In 2024, the Internal Revenue Service announced they will issue automatic payments to eligible individuals who did not claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax returns. The maximum payment was $1,400 per person. No action was required for eligible taxpayers to receive these payments, which were made automatically from December 2024 through January 2025. Payments were automatically deposited via direct deposit or sent by check. Letters were sent to eligible taxpayers notifying them of the payment.
The new round of misinformation appears to come from viral posts in October claiming people would receive a $1,702 “stimulus payment.” In reality, these posts were referring to the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (an annual payment from the state’s oil and mineral revenues to eligible Alaska residents). This is not a federal stimulus or IRS payment.

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How to avoid IRS scams

Authorities warn that scammers often use viral claims to trick people into giving up personal information. The IRS is urging taxpayers to report suspicious emails, texts, phone calls or social media messages promising stimulus payments.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) advises people to: Use only the official IRS.gov website for information or forms. Ignore unexpected messages claiming to be from the IRS.

Never pay a fee to “unlock” or “process” incentive payments; Legal payments are always free.

Be wary of fake check scams that ask you to send back part of the “payment.”

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Trump’s $2,000 “Dividend” Offer

Interest in so-called “IRS payments” has also increased as President Donald Trump promotes his plan to give $2,000 “dividends” to most Americans. He said the money would come from record tariff revenues and the remaining funds would be spent on reducing the national debt.

Trump said the proposal would share the benefits of U.S. tariff revenues, exclude high-income earners and help ease financial pressure on working families. “Everyone will be paid dividends of at least $2,000 per person (except high-income folks!),” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Sunday.

In his post, he defended the tariffs and said the United States was the richest and most respected country, with low inflation, a record stock market and strong 401(k) earnings. Trump also promised to begin paying down the country’s $37 trillion national debt, adding that any remaining funds from dividend payments would be transferred to the balance. Currently, tariff revenue payments remain on offer. No payments have been approved.