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No, you don't have to pay back your stimulus check!

White House commits to sending stimulus checks within 2 weeks
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Matt Rourke/AP
Blank stimulus checks are seen on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies, in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The first batch of rebate payments started hitting bank accounts last week through direct deposits. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials are visiting government check printing centers around the country on Thursday for events highlighting the fact that millions of rebate checks are in the mail. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Rumors are circulating on social media that you'll have to pay back some or all of the stimulus check on your next tax return. The IRS says that's not true.

An IRS spokesman says relief checks will have no bearing on your income deductions for 2020.

The online confusion seems to be stemming from the language used in the rescue bill. It refers to the checks as "advanced refunds." But the U.S. Treasury Department also reassures that's not what was meant by the term. They say there is no obligation to pay back the money.

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