FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Today the Treasury Department will send out more than 282,000 advance payment checks to taxpayers for nearly $127 million in tax relief.

The Treasury Department has completed the bulk mailing of advance payment checks that were mailed according to the last two digits of the taxpayers Social Security number. Over the past eleven weeks, Treasury has sent out nearly 83 million checks for more than $35 billion in tax relief. Treasury will continue to send out checks as extensions or late-filed returns are processed.