One simple criteria you have to meet to receive ‘tariff dividends’ of ‘at least $2,000’ as Trump gives expected payout date

President Donald Trump's promise that Americans will be given 'tariff dividends' worth 'at least $2,000' has sparked a deluge of questions, with the most important being - 'When am I getting my money?'

After placing heavy tariffs on US companies and consumers seeking to import products from abroad from the start of his administration, Trump may be hoping that this dividend will win over the 61 percent of the public who disapprove of his trade war.

"We’ve taken in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariff money. We’re going to be issuing dividends," Trump said this month in a renewal of his pledge, revealing that it could be paid by 'the middle of next year, a little bit later than that'.

When he announced the payment, the president said that the scheme will be restricted to individuals on 'low, moderate and middle incomes', without being particularly forthcoming on the criteria that people will have to meet.

Trump's Covid stimulus checks proved to be popular during the pandemic (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

While this scheme seems to be similar to his $300 billion Covid stimulus check, which saw single people and families handed at least $1,200, it is not clear how, or even if, the 'tariff dividend' will work.

Who will get the $2,000 tariff dividend?

With no written or published guidance on exactly who will get this dividend, social security expert and disability YouTuber 'Blind to Billionaire' has laid out the simple criteria that he says will likely qualify anyone for the $2,000 payout.

He said: “It is based on your income - that’s it. I’ll make it very clear here, is your income below $75,000 a year, as an individual, yes or no?

"That’s it - that’s all you need to know. If your answer is yes, you are most likely eligible for this."

Basing this criteria on similar eligibility requirements elsewhere in the system, the expert added: "Generally, the threshold they put in place for income is $75,000 as an individual, $150,000 as a married couple."

Will we actually get a $2,000 check?

The president has reaffirmed his plan to pay millions of Americans a $2,000 dividend (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

However, the biggest impediment to you receiving this healthy pay boost could be reality itself, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently pouring cold water on the idea while speaking to Fox Business.

He told the show that 'we will see' if the dividend comes to fruition, adding that Trump would need to pass legislation through Congress to approve the massive spending package.

Bessent also made it clear that the income threshold for the dividends was not set in stone, floating a payout 'that would be for families making less than, say, $100,000'.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has calculated that it could cost as much as $600 billion each year to administer the handout - more than twice what the administration is raking in through tariffs.

UNILAD has contacted the White House for comment.

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