Finally.
The IRS has a feature available on its web site where you can check the status of your rebate. Visit “Where’s My Stimulus Payment?” and have on hand your legal name, filing status, Social Security number and number of exemptions shown on your 2007 return. You must have filed your tax return at least six weeks prior in order to get an update.
If your information is not available (mine wasn’t), you’ll receive a message telling you to check the Payment Schedule.
Hopefully, this will put some of your questions to rest. I’d love to hear feedback from those of you who have used the site!
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I entered my info on wheres my rebeate, it gave me a error code. So I called on phone for 20 minutes. THe rep from the IRS said I was processed and should have my rebeate my 9th as well. She had not heard of the new schedule that was on the news. So as far she knew nobody would get there until the date the iRs has posted. Go firgue!
STEVE, you are a douche.
Amanda, that’s both comical and sad considering the announcement about the accelerated payments was on the IRS web site:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=181972,00.html
Hey, keep it nice! No name calling! My mother could be reading.
http://www.taxgirl.com/official-comment-policy/
Ok, get this! I tried under my SS# and get squat. I try under my wife’s and it worked! Said it would be DD on May 9th.
So those of you who are married, try and query it with your spouse’s SS number.
I checked the government website…my rebate was SUPPOSED to be directly deposited by the 2nd (my last digits are 05). No money. The irs website worked, but said I was due to be sent out on the 8th! wtf george…get your shit together…
It just pi$$%$ me off that we were told this early $h*@ and got our hopes up and its all blow. MY schedule was the 9th prior to the big early speech and is still the 9th………go figure. Guess just like anything else you depend on that the gov says it will be doing…..HA!
Ok, the site worked for me. I wish it hadn’t though. It is saying that our rebate was reduced because of our qualifying income on our return. So, instead of the promised $1200 for married, we are only getting $600!!! Plus for the 3 kids, but come on!!!!! It is the exact same that my brother just rec’d for him, his wife and one kid! And not only that, original deposit…5/9. Now that is supposed to be a week earlier…5/9!!!!!!! Go figure! I am not a happy camper. Nor will my dh be when he gets home from work. This sucks!
I filed my taxes through turbo tax and had the fees taken out of my refund, I also had the refund D.D into my account. Is it true that because the fee’s were taken out of my refund that I will be getting a paper check instead of having the rebate d.d?
April that is correct. When you chose to have the fees taken out of your refund, a temporary account was set up with Santa Barbara Bank & Trust. The money from the Treasury was deposited there. SBB&T then deposited the money in your bank account. Because the IRS didn’t actually get your banking information, they’ll have to send a manual check.
I checked the website. It did not work under my husband it did under mine. THe site was busy. Keep trying! LOts of luck. P.S.it was reduce a small amount because of my tax liabilty. Oh well. Happy to get one at all!!!
So what if you had to pay a fine out of your refund and got your refund DD will you still get it DD or MO
M I dont know anything about that
But I did Tubro Tax for Free what about me
Here’s some answer’s if you had your tax prep fee’s taken out of your refund.The check’s in the mail. Maybe.
http://www.wkowtv.com/News/index.php?ID
My husband and I filed using Turbo Tax with direct deposit and were told by the IRS we would be getting a paper check in the mail.
Another bit of info..the IRS also told my husband that they have already started mailing out the checks and we could see ours in 7-10 days. Last two digits of ss are 15.
With regard to TurboTax, it does not matter if the return was issued via direct deposit.
If you used TurboTax and either paid the fees up front with a debit or credit card or did it for free with DD, you’ll get your stimulus check via DD.
If you had the fees taken out of your refund, then even with DD you are going to get a check.
Jamie-
do you by chance know the mailing schedule for turbo tax users that have a ssn ending in 10
For those of you who are frustrated by the “Check the status of your rebate” site you should take a few things into consideration…
1) The IRS website states that it will report the status of your rebate only a week before it’s scheduled for deposit/mailing. So if you’re scheduled to receive your rebate several weeks from now, you won’t be able to check the status for several weeks.
2) If you filed near April 15th, the IRS may have not finished processing your taxes until after 15th. The schedule only states that taxes “processed” before the 15th will receive their rebates by the scheduled dates. If you filed your taxes only a few days or weeks before the 15th, it’s more likely you’ll have to wait a minimum 6 weeks to receive your rebate.
I too am anxious to receive my payment, and I found this site pretty helpful: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=181991,00.html
I went to the “where’s my stimulus payment” on the irs website on Monday, and after I put in the information(last two numbers 21) it gave me the amount and a deposit date of May 9. I was looking around on some message boards a little while ago, and a couple of people with the last two numbers of 50 actually got their check deposited already on Tuesday. Has anyone gotten their checks already if your scheduled date is 5-9-2008?
Our number is same as yours JoAnn. We were given the 9th also as day to be dd. As it is not there today, the only hope I have of “early” is every year we receive a refund and it is always scheduled to be deposited on a Friday, but it always shows up the day before on a Thursday. Don’t know if it will be the same deal or not but that’s the only hope I have of so called “early”. The 9th was our “original” date for dd back when we first received a letter concerning the stimulus so nothing changed for us.
Debi,
Nothing for me today, how about you ? Guess it will be (Lord willing) Friday 5-9. Hoping for at least a day early but…..(sigh)
So what if you owe your state department of revenue money? I had a debt to the state of MN for past-due tuition, it was $1200 and I’ve been paying $60/month on it religiously through a payment plan, and now have it down to just over $600.00 Does anyone know if they will be taking that kind of debt out of our economic stimulus checks?
Well, I filed an injured spouse claim after my tax return was filed this year and they delayed and delayed my tax REFUND. Finally, they sent us a letter saying the whole amount was sent to my husbands back child support. Then I called and the IRS agent said that she couldn’t even find the injured spouse claim, which I know they received b/c I had called in March and another agent said an Injured spouse agent had been assigned to my case. Now, it had to be referred and another 30 days will pass. I just know they will take our whole rebate even though I filed the injured spouse claim like I was supposed to to get my share of the refund and rebate. I can’t believe they ever can do something right.
its all part of the master plan people…NWO.
-we start an occupation for oil and land and hide the truth-
-cost of living doubles at a rate never seen before-
-we give you a “tax stimuli” package to offset the high cost of living-
-we put up a false scripted page that gives no info-
-we create panic and anxiety so you will spend faster upon receipt-
-we approve billions for ‘war’ efforts yet our education system, our healthcare system and our people continues to suffer from lack of funding-
-a nation still asleep-
-a world in stagnation-
enjoy your stimuli
JoAnn …..ours showed up in our bank account Thursday am. I was certainly hoping so, but I am already worrying the shape everyone will be in come tax time. I doubt the economy will be anything but worse. I had read on some websites that this rebate will not affect our 2008 refund. I thought this was strange since irs said when you receive your stimulus letter telling you it had been sent to keep the letter for 2008 tax filing. I now read on H&R Block website this rebate will certainly be deducted from your 2008 refund amount. The only way you will be better off is if your rebate is somehow more than your refund you would have been entitled to. You will not be required to pay the difference in the amount. So we won’t be looking forward to that hefty refund come tax time. I think everyone will be even worse off then than now. Good luck on your rebate coming Friday JoAnn!!
Debi,
Thanks for getting back to me. Good to hear that you already got yours ! I was hoping today but I’ll be checking after midnight and see if it is in our account. I agree with you , Debi, about the economy. Things just keep getting worse ! These checks will be a help for everyone, but after they are spent, nothing really will have changed. Still going to have debt, etc… Well, it’s really nice chatting with you ! I will let you know if we get our refund in the morning. Have a nice night !
I too am in the sencond round of payments 21-75 I have been checking the IRS site all this week and it is still saying my information is not available. I don’t feel so alone when I’m hearing that others are having this same problem. That last two digits of your SS# is a crock of s@&t.
there are people in the first group still looking for their payments. Those in the second group don’t get you hopes up, to only be disappointed.
we recevied our rebeate this morning ss# ends in 65.
Anyone know why if we filed through H & R Block and had our fees taken out of our refund, why we get a paper check even though we direct deposited our refund? It took me 2 weeks to figure this one out. According to the first irs site(before they added stuff) we were to recieve ours in direct deposit. Now they are saying a paper check. What gives?….
Megan-
The same thing happened to me except I went through turbotax. It sucks cause my ss end in 10 and now I have to wait forever in a day to get my refund. I was really looking forward to getting that money last week to. But from what I’ve heard its because a third party deposites your check into your account (its kinda like a loan) so the IRS doesnt have your bank info. But again, thats just what I’ve heard so I dont know if its true or not. All I know is a check would sure be nice right about now
It just keeps getting weirder fo us. My numb ends in 45 and wife’s is 62. I checked my ssn a week ago and get the message nothing has been processed. We check the wife’s a day later and we were supposed to receive on the 9th. Well today is the 9th and nothing in the bank. Also the IRS dropped one of my children as a qualifying child so either my 4 year old or my 7 year old didn’t get the $300 added to our stim package since they said we only own 1 qualifying child LOL. Just letting you folks know it does get weirder and don’t expect ot get it even on the date you were originally supposed to get it.
Yea, we sure could use it like TODAY! LOL! Our gas prices here are $3.87 gal….and we are feeling it!!!! Ours ends in 01, so we were so sure it would be there last week!!!
Maybe they shouldn’t have told us we were to get this check! I’m thinking a lot of people have questions that are going unanswered! And WHY put up a “Where’s my rebate” thing, when it only has one answer?? Just surprise me next time!!!
exactly! maybe we shouldnt have gotten our hopes up but with the gas prices and prices in general sky rocketing its a little hard not to. Just another let down to add to the books I guess
I was able to see my rebate info. on the IRS website today and we are getting a paper check. According to the site it will be sent to us on May 15 and our ss# 15.
I just checked mine and once again….NOTHING!!! I dont get it…whats the deal
If I were you I would call them (we did) the number is 1-800-829-1040. Press 2 and then 3. You will hear music and eventually an IRS rep. will pick up. You may be on hold for awhile though.
ok I’ll try it. I’ll let you know what they say. thanks
Ok so I called and the lady (very nice) said that I will be getting a check in the mail because I used turbo tax and because of that they go by turbo taxes number instead of my last two digits. She said that the check will be in the mail no later than the 23rd of May.
OOOOOK….The guy we spoke to told us our check would be in the mail May 16. according to our ss#. When I checked the site it told me May 15 (pretty close to what the rep. said). Have not heard anything about a Turbo Tax number. Anyone heard of this?
I was scheduled to get mine today and nothing. 2 of my coworkers and I used taxact online/direct deposit and they both rec’d theirs today but nothing for me!
I CALLED THE HELP DESK AT THE IRS. THEY SAID THAT THE ” WHERE’S MY STIMULUS CHECK” LINK ON THEIR WEBSITE WAS NOT WORKING. THAT IS THE REASON IT WONT GIVE A PROPER RESPONSE WHEN YOU TYPE IN THE CORRECT INFO. ITS NOT BECAUSE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR REBATE COMING. IM JUST GUESSING BUT BY THE INFO I GET FROM FRIENDS I THINK THEY ARE AROUND THE SOCIAL NUMBERS SOMEWHERE IN THE HIGH 40′S EARLY 50′S. THATS JUST WHAT I THINK BY MY RESEARCH BUT NOTHING TO CONFIRM IT AS FACT.
Wow. How did you guys get a live person? The recording gave me the same nonsense as the website. I am supposed to receive my rebate today but my sister hasn’t received her’s and she had the May 2 date. I have direct deposit and I filed in Feb. so I have no clue what is going on. I blame the Gov. for making such a big deal out of these rebates and then not coming through!
If you want to talk to a rep. Press 2 and then 3. You will hear music and eventually an IRS rep. will pick up. You may be on hold for awhile though. Phone number 1-800-829-1040.
Same for me my ends in 64 nothing yet. Website also saids no info. I guess the irs cant keep up like always.
If you used H&R Block or Turbotax and had your fees deducted from your refund, your stimulus will be mailed. The reason why is because they have to outsource to a 3rd party to have the charges taken out. IE Santa Barbara bank thing with Turbo Tax. All the info i’ve found out says I was first supposed to have mine Deposited on the 2nd…But then changed to the 9th. Now i find out mine will be mailed on the 14th. So the dates are just general info based on the last numbers of your social. Not actual info based on you specifically.
I Was Just wondering if anyone has actually has received a paper check?
So I checked the website and it says that I am supposed to get a check mailed to me for the amount of $910 but I did the little calculation thing on the website and that tells me I should get $1200. I’m confused! I am a single parent of 2 (really 3 but I’m nice and let the ex claim a child) and I sure in the heck dont make a lot of money so I dont understand why my refund would be reduced. I dont owe any back taxes or anything……
This is interesting…we are #90. Checked at 11:10, wasn’t under husband’s. It was under mine. Info was there. We’re getting ours on Friday, 16th – DD. Checked site again at 11:50. “Specific info is now unavailable.” Does their website seem to have problems at times?
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