The IRS says 1 million taxpayers will receive about $2.4 billion in stimulus checks in the coming weeks. Here’s what Minnesotans should know.

The Internal Revenue Service, IRS, will mail checks worth up to $1,400 to taxpayers who did not claim their stimulus checks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around one million U.S. taxpayers who were eligible for the check can expect a lump sum mailed to them during tax season.

The IRS is sending about 1 million eligible American taxpayers a payment this month for the pandemic-era Recovery Rebate Credit that they didn't claim on their 2021 tax returns.