Tax Rebates for Americans
By: Sommer | February 15, 2008 | Category: Home and Family
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Tax season this year is the most exciting one for me and my husband yet since we’ll itemize so we can take our first ever mortgage interest deduction. And, in May we’ll be among the millions of Americans who will also receive the famed tax rebate checks the government has talked about for the last month.
In order to qualify, Americans will have had to file their 2007 tax returns. The IRS will then use your return to determine your eligibility for the rebate. They anticipate that singles with incomes under $75,000 will receive a maximum of $600 and for married people with incomes under $150,000 the checks will max out at $1,200. Households will also receive $300 additional for each dependent child under 17. Low-income Americans and beneficiaries of certain government programs have special eligibility.
Keep your eyes open for fraud since this new rebate provides the perfect opportunity for scamsters to take advantage of the unsuspecting public. The IRS will not call or email taxpayers about these payments! If you receive a scam email forward it to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov. Remember that the IRS will only contact you by mail about these payments.
Now that we’ve got business taken care of, I want to know what you’re planning to do with your check. Will you go on a vacation, invest it, use it to pay off debt or something else? We’re planning to use ours to start a college savings plan for our new son.
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Comment PermalinkThey also had an interesting article about when the Stimulus payments are going to be mailed:
http://www.efile.com/news/articles/stimulus-package.asp
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Comment PermalinkIf this is the case I would not be surprised if it is then called a "loan" and we have to pay interest on it!!
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Comment PermalinkI had chose direct deposit and did an ERD with Taxact, because Taxact using Republic Bank and Trust Company as a "third party" company for tax refund processing the IRS can not send your stimulus checks via direct deposit it must be sent via paper check.
I thought I was getting my rebate today via direct deposit since my last 2 digits is "19", but now it will not come until May 30th.
This needs to be made clear, because I did not get a RAL as mentioned on the site.
Oh well..thought I would pass along
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Comment PermalinkJulie
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