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With businesses shuttered and millions unemployed due to the virus, Americans across the country need money, and fast.
Acknowledging this need and hoping to avoid economic catastrophe, Congress passed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act at the end of March and it was signed into law by President Donald Trump soon after.
Under the package, Americans making less than $75 thousand a year were guaranteed a $1200 dollar stimulus check.
Americans who selected a direct deposit option for their most recent tax return had the stimulus money direct deposited as well, but Americans who didn't have the option for direct deposit had to wait for physical checks.
Some are still waiting.
The Internal Revenue Service's website wasn't much help either, with widespread reports of the stimulus check's tracking feature being dysfunctional.
People would input the information asked of the feature—including their address—only to be told the status wasn't available.
Then, Twitter user @jessica_roy reported a resolution.
To people's surprise and relief, the hack worked!
@jessica_roy OK @jessica_roy I was having the same problem with the IRS website and tried your dubious all caps tri… https://t.co/Wb3zPLO1oU— Nancy Rivera Brooks (@Nancy Rivera Brooks)1587859141.0
@jessica_roy Wow! Totally worked. So glad I don't have to wait until June. BRILLIANT! Thanks!— Kim Campbell (@Kim Campbell)1587943334.0
this worked for me which makes me glad and mad https://t.co/YkLmKzOC9W— josh (@josh)1588000978.0
I tried four addresses that are associated with my name and they all failed, only to put in my permanent address in… https://t.co/ExS08QaKCY— S. Qiouyi Lu 🌟 @FLIGHTS OF FOUNDRY 5/16–17 (@S. Qiouyi Lu 🌟 @FLIGHTS OF FOUNDRY 5/16–17)1588003795.0
@jessica_roy Wow! Totally worked. So glad I don't have to wait until June. BRILLIANT! Thanks!— Kim Campbell (@Kim Campbell)1587943334.0
Twitter was soon alight with others spreading the news that entering your address as though it were a tweet from Donald Trump can bypass government ineptitude.
If you’re getting “unavailable” on the IRS stimulus check tracker, I’m about to make your day: enter your address i… https://t.co/10DqDm9cmv— Hillary Richard (@Hillary Richard)1587994621.0
hey the person who said if you enter your address in all caps on the irs website it’ll make it work was right— endless ruin ! (@endless ruin !)1588254697.0
Anyone having trouble finding out their stimulus check status should try this trick--entering your address in all c… https://t.co/LWniKAvS66— Michael ***6ft*** Bourret (@Michael ***6ft*** Bourret)1588082212.0
Hey everyone, please retweet this information. If you are having trouble getting your IRS stimulus check, there is… https://t.co/RminclA6xv— Matt Gulick (@Matt Gulick)1588202079.0
I can't believe this worked, but it does. I checked. If you are still getting a "payment status not available" on t… https://t.co/D2SskAIyzG— Nikki Medoro (@Nikki Medoro)1587989994.0
If you're still waiting on your much-needed stimulus check, but haven't been able to track it, this might be the trick you've been waiting for.