<p><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5f21f7572618b97876241843-1683/gettyimages-1198557866.jpg" border="0" alt="how to get a stimulus check" data-mce-source="LumiNola/E+/Getty"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><ul class="summary-list"><li>Congressional leaders <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/congressional-leaders-900-billion-stimulus-deal-checks-unemployment-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have agreed on a follow-up coronavirus relief package</a> that includes one-time cash payments for many Americans.</li><li>The stimulus checks, as they're known, are worth up to $600half the maximum amount people received in the spring.</li><li>There are income thresholds to get a stimulus check: single tax filers with a 2019 AGI below $75,000 will get stimulus checks, as will married filers with an AGI below $150,000.</li><li>The bill must still be approved by both houses of Congress and the president to become law.</li><li><a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/personal-finance" data-analytics-module="summary_bullets" data-analytics-post-depth="0" data-uri="11c8ffc9623a75216c65815dd08330db">Sign up for Personal Finance Insider's emailnewsletterhere </a></li></ul><p>With less than two weeks left in 2020, Congressional leaders have agreed on a follow-up coronavirus relief package. The bill is expected to be approved by both houses of Congress and the president on Monday.</p><p>The $900 billion package contains aid for schools, universities, and small businesses, emergency rental assistance, a $300 weekly extension to federal unemployment benefits, and $600 one-time cash payments to Americans, known as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/second-stimulus-check" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stimulus checks</a>.</p><h2>Who gets a stimulus check'</h2><p>You do not have to sign up to receive a stimulus check. As with the first round of checks, the process is automatic for most Americans who qualify.</p><p>This time around, however, adults and children will receive the same amount. Single filers will receive up to $600 each and married joint filers will receive up to $1,200plus $600 for each child dependent.</p><div><style> #div-gpt-ad-1579713650634-0 > div > iframe { width: 100% !important; min-width: 300px; max-width: 595px; } </style><script async src="https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js"></script><script> window.googletag = window.googletag || { cmd: [] }; googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.defineSlot('/1035677/Business_Insider_', [[1, 1], [300, 139], [595, 139], [300, 250], [595, 250], [300, 360], [595, 360], [300, 475], [595, 475]], 'div-gpt-ad-1579713650634-0') .addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().setTargeting('category', ["Banking"]).setTargeting('subcat', ["Savings Accounts"]).setTargeting('post_id', []) .setTargeting('post_url', []) .setTargeting('keyword', []) .setTargeting('company-product', []) .setTargeting('post_title', []); googletag.enableServices(); }); </script><!-- /1035677/Business_Insider_ --><div id="div-gpt-ad-1579713650634-0"> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1579713650634-0'); }); </script></div></div><p>If the rules for this round of stimulus checks are the same as those for the last round, you should receive a check if you:</p><ul><li>Have a Social Security number.</li><li>Have filed taxes in 2018 or 2019.</li><li>Don't earn enough to file but receive federal benefits payments, including Social Security retirement or disability benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or Veterans Affairs benefits.</li><li>Don't earn enough to file and don't receive federal benefits, but use <a href="https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the IRS nonfilers tool</a> to input your bank or mailing information.</li><li>Earned less than $99,000 for single filers, $136,500 for heads of household, or $198,000 for married filers according to the most recent tax return filed. Individuals earning more than $75,000 and less than $99,000 will receive a reduced payment, as will couples earning more than $150,000 and less than $198,000.</li><li>Are an adult who is not claimed as a dependent by anyone else.</li></ul><p>Many top Democratic lawmakers believe the $600 direct cash payments are insufficient. During negotiations, a group of 17 progressive Democrats signed a letter to congressional leadership urging for $2,000 stimulus checks, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-checks-2000-dollar-progressive-democrats-pushing-coronavirus-economic-relief-2020-12" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="40">Business Insider's Joseph Zeballos-Roig reported</a>. Twitter users last week <a href="https://www.insider.com/heres-how-twitter-users-reacted-to-reports-600-stimulus-check-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mocked the smaller check</a>.</p><bi-shortcode id="related-content-module" class="mceNonEditable" data-type="more-managing-money" data-sheetname="More on managing money right now">Related Content Module: More on managing money right now</bi-shortcode><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/who-will-get-stimulus-checks-2020-12#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-modest-home-bought-31500-looks-2017-6">Warren Buffett lives in a modest house that's worth .001% of his total wealth</a></p>
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