Fewer Americans May Qualify For The Next Stimulus Check. Here Is What We Know.

We have a NEW update on the third round of stimulus checks that we have been hearing rumors of.

They are supposedly coming — maybe — and this new stimulus package could pass as early as March 14th.

However, these payouts are probably going to look a little different than we have previously received.

I’m sorry. Don’t shoot the messenger.

The House and the Senate may be narrowing the income requirements for receiving stimulus money, which would mean that many people who would otherwise receive checks won’t be getting them.

11.8 million fewer adults and 4.6 million fewer children would get payments compared with an earlier version of the relief bill that passed the House last week, according to estimates by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
Yahoo Money

So previously, to get the full payout, the income cutoff was $100,000 for single filers and $200,000 for joint filers.

NOW, the government MIGHT be backing off of those previous income caps, meaning that you may not get a check if you make too much money.

The tweak is a goal of moderates who did not want the checks to go to wealthier Americans.
USA Today

A single filer making up to $75,000 would get the full payment, while those earning up to $80,000 would get a reduced amount. Joint filers making up to $150,000 would get the full $2,800, while those earning up (to) $160,000 would get a smaller amount
Yahoo Money

Then, you run into the issue of what is called “phase out.”

There is going to be a pretty tight “phase out” window that decides if income earners will receive a full check, a reduced check, or nothing at all.

The checks would start to phase out at $75,000 and phase out entirely at $80,000 of income for individuals, as opposed to about $100,000 in the version of the legislation passed by the House last week. Joint filers would have their checks phase out starting at $150,000 and entirely at $160,000.
Yahoo Money

Now, according to AS — which is a daily newspaper in Madrid, Spain — “President Biden approves limiting $1,400 checks to individuals earning less than $80,000 with no phase-out.”

The President promised and committed to ensuring that the American people receive $2,000 in checks — this $1,400 is part of delivering on that promise. He has also been clear that he is open to changes on the margins of his package, while he is very firm on the $1,400.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki