CLAIM: The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have approved $1,390 stimulus checks that will be distributed ...

The federal government has confirmed that it will not be issuing new stimulus checks this summer, debunking circulating online rumors.

Online posts claim the IRS is set to send $1,390 stimulus checks to low- and middle-income taxpayers by summer’s end. The IRS says that’s false — and explains why no payments are coming.