The IRS estimates $2.4 billion in unclaimed stimulus checks will be sent to taxpayers by the end of January. Here's how to see if you're eligible for a payment.

A total of about $2.4 billion will be sent out automatically to taxpayers who did not claim the recovery rebate credit on their 2021 tax returns. The maximum payment to any one individual will be $1,400, though payments will vary “depending on several factors,” the IRS said.

The IRS has up to $2.4 billion in unclaimed stimulus payments it will soon send to up to 1 million taxpayers who are eligible.

Over the next month, 1 million people receive money from the Internal Revenue Service. The payments are to deliver money left unclaimed from the economic stimulus payments made by the federal government in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service is sending unclaimed stimulus checks of up to $1,400 to 1 million US taxpayers in the coming weeks. Here’s why the payments are going out — and how to find out if you’re eligible for the credit:

The Internal Revenue Service announced on Dec. 20 its plans to issue an additional Economic Impact Payment, better known as a stimulus check, starting later this month. Around 1 million taxpayers who didn't claim it while filing for their 2021 tax returns will receive the money now, according to an IRS press release.

The agency is committing $2.4 billion to pay roughly 1 million Americans, with funds set to arrive by the end of January.

The IRS announced plans to issue automatic payments to eligible taxpayers who did not claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax returns.

"The IRS announced the special step after reviewing internal data showing many eligible taxpayers who filed a return but did not claim the credit," the agency said in a press rele

The Internal Revenue Service is automatically sending $1,400 stimulus payments to about one million Americans who never claimed their COVID-19 relief checks from 2021, according to a recent announcement.