UPDATE: A Head Start for Tax Rebates
Yours may already be on it's way.
By Kevin McCormally, Editorial Director, Kiplinger.com
April 28, 2008
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Millions of dollars in economic stimulus payments (a.k.a. tax rebates) begin flowing from Washington, D.C. to citizens on April 28, almost a week ahead of schedule.
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The IRS originally announced that electronic deposits to taxpayers bank accounts would begin Friday, May 2. Paper checks for taxpayers who did not have 2007 tax refunds directly deposited in their bank accounts will be sent starting May 9, also a week ahead of schedule.
The order of the payments will depend on the last two digits of your Social Security number. To estimate when your rebate check should arrive, see When to Expect Your Rebate Check. (The dates listed are based on the original schedule from the IRS. You can expect your money at least a week early, or maybe even sooner.)
Want to know how much you may receive? See Our Tax Rebate Calculator.
Reader Comments (18)
Posted by: Tiffany at 05/08/2008 01:22:45 PM
Has anyone recieved there check at all???
Posted by: cnm at 05/11/2008 09:32:49 AM
I got my 07' taxes direct despoit and should have received my rebate check on May 9th but still nothing. What does that mean?..So confused
Posted by: dbh at 05/14/2008 09:23:58 AM
As of today, I haven't received my rebate check which should have been deposited on May 9th.
Posted by: margaret at 05/14/2008 05:25:55 PM
I was supposed to get something by may 9th. Haven't seen anything yet. the government as usual has made it very confusing and put out false hope again,.
Posted by: Bev at 05/14/2008 06:39:03 PM
filed really early used turbo tax est...still nothing
Posted by: lauri at 05/14/2008 08:35:40 PM
I have not gotten mine yet either and it was supposed to be deposited by May 9th. I thought I would have at least gotten a letter or something....but nothing yet.....
Posted by: Barb at 05/14/2008 09:17:12 PM
My son was supposed to get his money on the 9th but it didnt go in the bank. I heard that if you had your efile fees deducted from your refund that kicked you out of the direct deposit option and you will receive a paper check....
Posted by: pbj at 05/14/2008 10:26:21 PM
My hubby's name was first and his last two are significantly higher than mine. I, too, wish I had known this tid bit of info!! We mailed on the 15th of April, so I guess we'll have to wait anyway. :-(
Posted by: chylia at 05/14/2008 11:08:05 PM
i was suppose to get my rebate on may 9 but haven't gotten anything yet. i have heard that we should receive a letter if we were to get the rebate. does anyone know if this is true? i haven't received any letters...
Posted by: Andy at 05/15/2008 12:24:38 AM
I make my living doing forestry contracts for the USFS. All our payments are direct deposit. If they are only 30 days late that is a huge relief!
Posted by: shannon at 05/16/2008 04:15:54 AM
anyone with the last 2 digits under 18 get a check yet?
Posted by: kesha at 05/16/2008 09:57:51 AM
I was supposed to get my check deposited on May 9 and I still haven't recieved my refund...I filed my refund back in February...
Posted by: dot at 05/17/2008 07:47:03 AM
i had a friend that does taxes for a living and has his own tax company...i had it direct deposit,supppose to have it yesterday,may 16th , still nothing, nowi hear that cause he toook his fee out first that i'll be getting paper check...that won't be till july 4th, great, i go on vacation, july 3rd.
Posted by: Zak at 05/19/2008 02:26:52 PM
I got my rebate, (i'm a 16th person) but my fiance's hasn't come. (she was supposed to get hers a week prior)? it doesn't seem to make sense.
Posted by: Hillary at 05/21/2008 04:51:16 PM
...My advice is don't count on it being on time.
Posted by: judy at 06/10/2008 06:31:02 PM
I was supposed to have mine deposited 16 May and here we are in june and still nothing. I dont know what is up with all of this. Maybe they ran out of money LOL
Posted by: Michele at 06/11/2008 09:58:20 PM
May 16 has come & gone and still no "economic stimulus rebate." I guess the gov't doesn't think MY economy NEEDS to be stimulated. I don't owe back taxes, child support, school loans or otherwise have anything that would suck up the "prebate" ...What's up with the delay?
Posted by: connie at 06/14/2008 12:14:31 PM
why is it that when we owe them money, it has to be there by a certain time,when they owe us, it gets here whenever...?