Spending your stimulus check?

[tx2sturgis]

What will you do with your stimulus check from the government?

 

[tx2sturgis]

This poll is about the covid-19 economic stimulus check also called corona virus relief check...and maybe a few other names, refund, etc...not unemployment payments...which is something different.

 

[crofter]

Savin it for a rainey day.  My expenses did not change due to boondocking parking available for me. Altho I think groceries have gone up, my gas expense has gone to zero due to stay home orders.  -crofter

 

[Stargazer]

Give it to someone locally who needs it worse than I.

 

[bullfrog]

Spend it on medical bills, but probably should donate it to someone who supports health care for all.

 

[ByeBye]

Put it in my emergency fund. It's low.

 

[nature lover]

4 new tires for the van and the rest in the emergency fund. That is if I get one, that is still a question as I make so little in Social Security that I don't file tax returns, so I'll wait for a surprise. How do you keep an old fart vandweller in suspense? I'll tell you next week.

 

[maki2]

I will use part of it to pay my self employment tax for 2019. That alone will be a big help.
My vehicle is coming up on the time it will need new brakes so that will eat up quite a chunk of it
When a new frame and axle were put on my travel trailer I got an axle with electric brakes so my vehicle needs a brake control unit.

Between those 3 items it will be all gone. But it will be a huge help because I was going to raise those funds by selling items I don't need on craigslist. But now is not the time for that kind of interaction with the public.

 

[crofter]

Spend it on medical bills, but probably should donate it to someone who supports health care for all.

Haha. I'm old and this is the first year I have bet on the 4 year horse race.  -crofter

 

[maki2]

4 new tires for the van and the rest in the emergency fund.  That is if I get one, that is still a question as I make so little in Social Security that I don't file tax returns, so I'll wait for a surprise.  How do you keep an old fart vandweller in suspense?  I'll tell you next week.

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If you would rather remain in suspense of course you can do so. Or you could do an e-file, in only a few minutes of time. You don't have to send in any documents. That makes it easy to get as a direct deposit to your bank account which as a Nomad makes a whole lot of sense for reasons of security.

 

[notsosure]

Paying off my SUV so I can own a home if needed.

 

[MrNoodly]

I need a couple of tires and there's a strange sound in the engine compartment I need checked out. If it's nothing serious, then I'll put the money aside for emergencies.

 

[MotorVation]

4 new tires for the van and the rest in the emergency fund.  That is if I get one, that is still a question as I make so little in Social Security that I don't file tax returns, so I'll wait for a surprise.  How do you keep an old fart vandweller in suspense?  I'll tell you next week.

From the AARP website:

[font=ff-dagny-web-pro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]"If you are receiving Social Security benefits but didn’t file taxes in 2018 or 2019, you will be eligible to receive a stimulus check without a tax return based on data available to the IRS from your annual Social Security benefits statement. The government will send you a direct deposit or check using the information from your Form SSA-1099 Social Security Benefit Statement or your Form RRB-1099 Social Security Equivalent Benefit Statement. You will not have to file a 2019 tax return to get a stimulus check."

Here's a link to that page on their site:
AARP

I'm surviving mostly on Social Security retirement income also, so I looked into it.[/font]
[font=ff-dagny-web-pro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]That said, I checked the "saving for a rainy day" box in the survey. No one knows what's coming next so it will be less to worry about just knowing it's there[/font]

 

[MrNoodly]

Thanks for that, Bob. Yesterday I was trying to e-file my 2019 taxes so I could be included in this. (Hey, what happened to the 1040-EZ form option?) I make so little money I haven't needed to file the past five years. (State taxes were not an issue either.) I ran into a roadblock in e-filing. They wanted my e-filing PIN from 2018. Well, I don't have one. Calling the IRS was on my list of things to do today, but now it looks like I don't need to.

 

[JeanInaBox]

I will probably keep it in case I need medical care outside the VA health care system. ( preferred care to me)

 

[travelaround]

I checked "vehicle/equipment upgrade" . . . thinking I could buy what I need to make my van build better - or maybe I'll buy something for the mobile home - I don't know, really. I still have to travel to North Idaho again later this year. I was planning to go in April but it looks like there will be a delay.

 

[Tony's Dream]

It's going to fund my travel fund.

 

[flying kurbmaster]

Buy a ventilator

 

[wayne49]

Wonder if the "check" will come before the lockdown is lifted. Is that department considered "essential"?

 

[barleyguy]

As far as I know, yes. I'm not 100% sure about federal, but at the state level tax collection (and refunds) is considered essential and those departments are still working.