A website launched by the Internal Revenue Service crashed as millions of eligible taxpayers logged in to track their $1,200 stimulus payments.
Millions of taxpayers flooded the tracker Get My Payment to check on the status of their stimulus payments – only to see a message saying: “Payment Status Not Available.”
Frustrated taxpayers took to Twitter.com to vent their frustrations at the IRS and President Trump.
“I cried and cried,” wrote one despondent taxpayer. “I’ve been out of work and out of money for weeks already. I don’t understand. I should qualify too.”
Another Twitter user slammed the IRS website as “a joke.”
More than 80 million eligible taxpayers should have received their stimulus payments today, April 15.
Many are furious after they learned President Trump ordered his name to be printed on the checks — delaying the delivery of their checks by days.
Nearly 17 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits as of April 15. The unemployment rate has reached its highest point since 1940.
President Trump vows Americans in some states will return to work by May 1. He wants a detailed plan on reopening the country on his desk within days so he can issue suggestions for some states to reopen by May 1.
“The plans to reopen the country are close to being finalized,” Trump reassured Americans on Tuesday.
