First with a paper check stimulus check now with a child tax credit. Problems don’t seem to end with residents. Previously paper checks used to go missing from the mailbox. Now some people are claiming to be someone else to receive a child tax credit. Which is indeed an outstanding amount.
No one is safe. People have faced this even when have filed their taxes electronically. Paper taxation probably has something even worse. Who knows. Incorrect information leads to unwanted events. You definitely don’t wanna miss the opportunity to claim checks even after so much financial strain.
Identify Theft With Child Tax Credit
The child tax credit is probably the only type of federal government-issued check. Which is still enabled for the taxpayers to claim. They are giving outstanding amounts to their residents. The political parties have fought enough with the IRS for this payment.
This was perhaps the only payment that the Republicans supported. In the beginning, President Joe Biden was quite shattered when they closed this payment within six months. Just before the inflation hit last June. That child tax credit is now being stolen. People who have filed for refunds are getting robbed.
Not only is another person getting their money claiming to be them. They are also the victims of identity theft. Identifying Theft is an offense in the United States. However, the IRS never discloses who is taking your claimed child tax credit. They are just updating you with information when you received your payment. They send a message on your phone.
It can be fixed. The IRS.gov website has everything. You need to go through that if you are a victim of identity theft. You can get more information by using an interactive tax assistant.
