2nd Round Of Stimulus Checks, More Scams To Watch Out For This past Sunday, the President put his John Hancock on the $900 billion dollar Covid-19 relief bill. $600 checks for those who qualify and direct deposit payments started going out Tuesday night. Talk about fast. Paper checks started getting mailed out on Wednesday. The second round of stimulus payments are up to $600 per individual for those who earned less than $75,000 in 2019 or for married couples who filed taxes jointly and earned less than $150,000. For every $100 a person earns over those caps, the payment will be reduced by $5, and an individual making over $87,000 will not receive a stimulus payment. (Today)