IRS opens portal for non-filers to get $1,200 stimulus check

People who filed a federal income tax return in 2018 or 2019 will have no problem getting their coronavirus stimulus check.

But what about those people who didn't have to file? 

The IRS has made it easy for those folks to submit their information for their piece of the $2 trillion stimulus package approved by Congress. All the individual needs is internet access and the IRS website.

Among the links on the IRS homepage is a button that reads "Get info on Economic Impact Payments." Click on that and you find a section for non-filers to enter their payment information.

Click here to go directly to the Economic Impact Payments page

A section where filers who didn't previously get their refunds via direct deposit can enter bank information won't be available until mid-April.

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People who didn't file a tax return because their income was under $12,200 or because they weren't required to file a return for other reasons. If you didn't file, but receive Social Security retirement, disability insurance or railroad retirement and survivor benefits, the IRS already has your information.

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Information you will need to provide on the website:

• Full name, current mailing address and an email address;
• Date of birth and valid Social Security number
• Bank account number, type and routing number, if you have one
• Identity Protection Personal Identification Number you received from the IRS earlier this year, if you have one;
• Driver's license or state-issued ID, if you have one;
• For each qualifying child: name, Social Security number or Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number and their relationship to you or your spouse.

The link will take people from the IRS site to a secured form that is a certified partner of the IRS.

Shelly Stallsmith is a trends reporter for the York Daily Record. She can be reached at mstallsmith@ydr.com or followed on Twitter at @ShelStallsmith.