$1,400 Stimulus Check Alert: Why You Might Finally Have Your Cash The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have acknowledged that they have begun sending out the much-anticipated sixth batch of coronavirus stimulus checks to two million more Americans. The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have acknowledged that they have begun sending out the much-anticipated sixth batch of coronavirusstimulus checks to two million more Americans. The latest batch under the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan now brings the total disbursements to one hundred sixty-one million payments, totaling more than $379 billion. As of this weekend, the figures represent more than 85 percent of the $450 billion total earmarked for stimulus funds.