India, Sept. 4 -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, stimulus checks worth up to $1,400 per beneficiary and dependent had been issued by the government to help families cope with the situation. Those who had missed out on claiming their payment were given the option of claiming this money through the Internal Revenue Service's 2021 tax return in the form of Recovery Rebate Credit, using Form 1040 or 1040-SR, as reported by Markets Today.

The deadline to file for the 2021 tax return passed on April 15, 2025, which marked a three-year end to claim the $1,400 Recovery Rebate Credit for that year. If you failed to file your tax returns by this deadline, all unclaimed stimulus payments would now have become the property of the US Treasury.

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