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How to spend the coronavirus stimulus checks

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April 15, 2020 at 12:10 p.m. EDT
Volunteer Sandra Robert looks over items donated to the Hancock County Food Pantry to prepare boxes of food for families on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Hancock County, Miss. A woman donated the $1,200 relief check she received from the federal government to the Mississippi food pantry amid the coronavirus pandemic, WLOX-TV reported Tuesday. (Brandy McGill/WLOX-TV via AP)

It’s been a surreal tax season.

April 15 normally finds people rushing to get their tax returns completed on time and pay what they owe. Instead, with the tax filing deadline moved to July 15, the focus this week is on, “Where’s my stimulus payment?”

The anticipation around the $1,200 payments, which are part of the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, has the hashtag #StimulusCheck trending on Twitter.