5 Reasons You May Not Have Gotten Your Stimulus Money Yet

Doors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building are locked and covered with blinds as a sign posted advises that the office will be closed during the partial government shutdown in Seattle, on Jan. 16, 2019. Elaine Thompson/AP

About 80 million people were sent their stimulus payments this week—but if you weren’t one of them, it doesn’t mean you won’t get the money.

You’re one of roughly 60 million people still waiting. About 90 percent of Americans are eligible for the payments, which phase out for high—income earners, according to an estimate from the Tax Policy Center.