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Ask the taxgirl: Recovery Rebate Credit

4 January 2009

Taxpayer asks: my friends told me that the IRS is deducting the stimulus check money from your 08 return! I thought it was free money! And now we have to give it back? Taxgirl says: Deep breaths. You don’t have to give it back. Here’s the confusion… The last set of stimulus checks in 2001 [...]

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Top Ten Tax Stories of 2008: The World According to taxgirl

31 December 2008

It’s time for our annual review! Here are my picks for the top stories on taxgirl.com for the year: 10, Dancing With The Stars champ and race car driver Helio Castroneves is indicted on federal tax evasion charges. In a related story, my mother is stricken with grief and may never samba again (okay, I’m [...]

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Does the IRS Know Where You Live?

29 November 2008

Despite rumblings for a second stimulus check, the IRS hasn’t finished delivering the first stimulus check to all taxpayers. As of last month, more than 279,000 economic stimulus checks – that’s more than a quarter million – were yet to be delivered. Those checks are worth more than $163 million. Additionally, more than 104,000 taxpayers [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Qualifying Children and Rebate Checks

18 October 2008

Taxpayer asks: We claimed our son last year on our taxes. Born April 1989. We have a daughter who is 16. We recieved $1500 stimulus check. None for our son and he didn’t get one for himself either. Should he have? Thank you. Taxgirl says: Sorry, no. Eligible taxpayers received an additional $300 for each [...]

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Pelosi Confirms Tax Rebates “Unlikely” Before New Year

18 October 2008

In a move that should surprise very few, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed yesterday that Congress is “unlikely” to approve an economic stimulus package that included tax rebate checks during this calendar year. The Democrats are, however, still pressing for approval on their $61 billion “economic stimulus package” which includes relief for the jobless and [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Stimulus Checks and 2008 Returns

13 October 2008

Taxpayer asks: I was told by “somebody” that the stimulus checks we received will be deducted from our tax refunds for 2008? Is that true? Taxgirl says: Nope. The tax rebates are not taxable and will not be credited against your 2008 return – unlike the 2001 rebates which were credited against the 2002 returns. [...]

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Is A Second Economic Stimulus Package On Its Way?

11 October 2008

I indicated earlier that I didn’t think that a second economic stimulus package would be considered until after the elections – and it looks like that is, in fact, the case. I’m actually still confident that any stimulus package which includes “tax rebates” would not result in checks being mailed out until the new year. [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Spouses, Military and ITINs

3 August 2008

Taxpayer asks: I am serving in the military in Hawaii. My wife is not a US citizen and she has an ITIN number. I’ve read on the internet, including on your blog, that I will not qualify for the stimulus check because she is not a citizen. But my CO says I will. Who is [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Rebate Checks and Incompetent Persons

2 August 2008

Taxpayer asks: I had my accountant prepare my mom’s tax return this year. She only filed in order to get her stimulus check. She is old and can’t do anything for herself. When she gets it, can I cash it for her? Taxgirl says: It depends – do you have Power of Attorney for your [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Divorce and Rebates

1 August 2008

Taxpayer asks: question, filed jointly with my wife, got a joint return, but at the time i got the stimulus, we’re separated and shes halfway across the country, the check has both our names on it, mine first, and i was the “main” filer or whatnot, ie, they used my social, so the problem is, [...]

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