No, the IRS isn’t distributing ‘stimulus checks’ in certain states this month, despite claims online

CLAIM: A fourth round of stimulus funds is automatically going out to residents in 10 states on Nov. 30. The post claims a “4th round” of “stimulus checks” is going out at the end of the month in ten states: Alabama, Arizona, Maryland, New York, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee and Texas. “We are not sending ‘stimulus’ checks,” Rebecca Wilder, a spokesperson for Arizona’s Department of Revenue, wrote in an email Wednesday. “This is completely unrelated.” Michigan, meanwhile, has made adjustments to the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit for the 2022 tax year that will result in checks being distributed to some taxpayers in the beginning of 2024, according to Danelle Gittus, a spokesperson for the state Department of Treasury. A news release from Youngkin’s office says the funds represent more than $900 million in “excess tax revenues” the state is returning to taxpayers, the second consecutive year Virginia has done so.