Thousands of Puerto Ricans received an erroneous email on Saturday about the confirmation of the deposit in their bank accounts of the federal stimulus of $ 1,200, confirmed the secretary of the Department of the Treasury, Francisco Parés Alicea.
Greetings, by mistake emails were sent to people who were not on the initial payroll. To avoid further confusion I decided to re-notify those who are not included in this initial list. However, we do process a 230K payroll and over $ 396 million.
– Francisco Parés Alicea (@SecHacienda) May 2, 2020
“By mistake, emails were sent to people who were not on the initial payroll. To avoid further confusion I decided to re-notify those who are not included in this initial list. However, we do process a 230K payroll and over $ 396 million “, The official wrote on his Twitter account when answering a question about the payments.
“About 27k people read that email sent incorrectly. I decided to rectify to avoid further confusion once Monday arrived. I am primarily responsible for that error. I have to receive the criticism, learn from it and pay this week to those who reported the account, “he added in response to users with doubts on social networks.
Subsequently, the secretary issued more statements to clarify the situation. “Today morning, we detected that nearly 21,000 people received Economic Impact Payment Deposit Notification Letters through their SURI accounts, however, even though these are contemplated in the first phase of disbursements, they were sent an explanatory note indicating that they will receive aid in the next rounds of disbursements, “he said.
He indicated that some 6,000 individuals will receive the Payment by direct deposit once the federal Treasury transfers the funds in the next few days. “The remaining 15,000, not having included their bank information in their 2019 return, will be able to provide said information through the quick link that we will enable through SURI at the end of next week,” he added.
The Puerto Ricans who filled out the 2019 forms and who included their bank account information in the documents began receiving the money via direct deposit today after the Treasury Department authorized the disbursement for the island on Friday.
“This is the first disbursement of the first phase, and thousands of citizens will see it in their bank accounts between tomorrow and next Monday. We continue to work rapidly to complete the next phases,” said the secretary yesterday in a statement.
The head of the Treasury stressed that for Friday, May 8, the quick link “Payment Economic Impact CARES Act” will be enabled through the Unified Internal Revenue System (SURI), for taxpayers who filed the 2019 return and did not register their accounts bank.
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