Fact focus: No, taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summer

Rumors spread online Friday that the U.S. government will soon issue stimulus checks to taxpayers in certain income brackets.

Congress has not passed legislation to authorize such payments and, according to the Internal Revenue Service, no new stimulus checks will be distributed in coming weeks.

Here's a closer look at the facts.

Claim: The IRS and the Treasury Department approved $1,390 stimulus checks that will be distributed to low- and middle-income taxpayers by the end of the summer.

The facts: This is false. Taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summer, an IRS official said. Stimulus checks, also known as economic impact payments, are authorized by Congress through legislation and distributed by the Treasury Department. Politics

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