articleThe Brief Approximately 1 million taxpayers will receive unclaimed rebate payments from the IRS in the coming weeks. The payments are going to those who failed to claim a Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax returns. Here’s what the rebate payment is, and who is getting it:What is the 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit? The 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit was one of three COVID stimulus payments sent to households amid the pandemic. The special payments are being sent to taxpayers who filed a 2021 tax return but left the data field for the Recovery Rebate Credit blank or they filled it out as $0 when they were actually eligible for the credit.