In March, Congress passed the $2.6 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Much of that money went to stimulus checks to millions of Americans.
The majority of those checks went out automatically to people who met the criteria for them, however, in April, the Treasury Department discovered there were about 14 million eligible recipients who do not normally file tax returns or get federal benefits that needed to submit personal information to get their money.
In July, the Treasury extended the deadline to the end of September for those people to use a tool on the IRS' website and apply for payments. Since April, 5.3 million people of the 14 million that needed to, did go to the IRS site and submit their info, but that means that there are still 8.7 million Americans who didn't, and they now risk losing out on their $1,200 stimulus check as the deadline to apply looms.
If you didn't get a stimulus check, to see if you are one of the 8.7 million Americans still eligible for it, head here.