About 8,000 people who qualify for the $ 1,200 check may need to claim a credit on their income tax return.

About 8,000 people may be eligible for the first $ 1,200 economic impact payment awarded by Cares’ federal economic stimulus law, but have not yet received it, the Treasury Department reported today.

“This group of 8,000 consists of applications that have not passed the automatic protocols and that could still be eligible to claim this benefit with their income tax return for tax year 2020”Treasury Secretary Francisco Parés Alicea said in a press release.

Today the deadline for the distribution of economic aid to the citizens has passed, as ordered by Congress. Given this, the eligible individuals who did not receive it should use other options to claim it, Parés Alicea said.

In total, the Treasury has disbursed $ 2,700 million to about 1.8 million families, the official said.

“We remind people who understand that they are eligible in accordance with the requirements of federal law and have not received payment that they can apply for the money as a refundable credit when filing the income tax return corresponding to the year 2020, to settle in the year 2021, ” said the Secretary, emphasizing that details will be given later on how to claim that credit.

The Treasury Secretary has specified that 24,000 payment requests are still pending, but most are ineligible, mainly because they are individuals who have been charged as dependents by other taxpayers. Likewise, duplicate or tripled applications were received in the Unified Internal Revenue System (SURI).

Similarly, Parés Alicea pointed out that the agency had recovered 4,303 checks that the mail could not send to the addressee.

In these cases, the people who requested payment by mail and did not receive it, should write to the Assistance link in SURI (suri.hacienda.pr.gov), with a copy of their social security card and photo identification, to Confirm your information and if the check has indeed been returned and is in the treasury, you will be instructed to collect it, ”he said.

Parés Alicea emphasized that the Treasury has notified individuals of the payment of $ 1,200 in recent days. These notices do not relate to the new $ 600 federal aid approved last week, after President Donald Trump signed the new economic stimulus bill to address the pandemic. This economic aid will be distributed on the island once the Federal Treasury Department approves the Treasury’s distribution plan.