Direct deposit stimulus payments may begin to arrive as early as Tuesday night, Mnuchin says

WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that the second round of $600 stimulus payments may begin to arrive in some accounts by direct deposit as early as Tuesday night, Dec. 29.

Mnuchin tweeted Tuesday that the US Treasury has delivered a payment to the Federal Reserve for Americans' economic impact payments. 

.@USTreasury has delivered a payment file to the @FederalReserve for Americans’ Economic Impact Payments. These payments may begin to arrive in some accounts by direct deposit as early as tonight and will continue into next week (1/2)

— Steven Mnuchin (@stevenmnuchin1) December 29, 2020

Paper checks will begin to be mailed tomorrow. Later this week, you can check the status of your payment at https://t.co/pFBzGzK8mD. (2/2)

— Steven Mnuchin (@stevenmnuchin1) December 29, 2020

The tweet says paper checks will begin to be mailed Wednesday, Dec. 30, and payments will continue into next week. 

You can check the status of your payment later this week, at http://IRS.gov/GetMyPayment.