The latest updates as of August 2025 indicate the following about stimulus checks:
- The IRS began issuing 2025 stimulus payments in December 2024, with distribution expected to continue through early summer 2025. These payments are linked to the 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit and are for taxpayers who did not claim the credit on their 2021 tax returns. They are being issued automatically, either via direct deposit or paper check, as long as the taxpayer filed or amends their 2021 return by April 15, 2025.
- There is mention of a one-time $1,390 stimulus check planned to help low- and middle-income Americans, Social Security, SSDI, SSI, and VA recipients, expected around mid-2025. However, as of mid-August 2025, there is controversy and misinformation circulating. Some sources indicate the payments are to start in late summer 2025, but the IRS officially denies any new stimulus checks are currently being sent or planned beyond the recovery rebate credit payments already underway.
- Therefore, if you are expecting any stimulus check related to the 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit, those should have arrived or be arriving by early summer 2025. Any new $1,390 stimulus check mentioned for 2025 is not confirmed by the IRS as of August 2025 and likely not arriving imminently.
To check the status or eligibility of any pending payments, the IRS's official tools such as "Get My Payment" or the "Where’s My Amended Return" tool should be used, and be cautious of scams claiming stimulus payments beyond official IRS notifications.
In summary, stimulus checks related to prior tax years (2021) are arriving through early summer 2025. No confirmed new stimulus check is slated to arrive beyond that in 2025 at this time.
