for eligible non-filers to claim their own $1,200 stimulus payment until November 21.
Most stimulus checks went out automatically to those who were eligible and filed a 2018 or 2019 tax return with the IRS, but many of those who don’t typically file tax returns did not receive their payments automatically. 8.7 million. That’s how many eligible Americans—most of whom are low-income and don’t typically file a tax return—could be
of losing out on their $1,200 payments because of gaps in IRS and Treasury Department data, the Government Accountability Office said in a September report. Under the $2.2 trillion CARES Act passed in March, eligible adults earning less than $75,000 per year received a direct payment of $1,200 . Families with dependent children were eligible for an additional $500 payment per child.