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…
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…
If you’re one of many – and by many, I mean a quarter million – couples who did not received a rebate check due to an error matching your spouse’s married name and Social Security number, I’ve got good news! The IRS has changed its position on this issue. Last month, the IRS was adamant…
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….
Lately, there have been a number of emails and comments regarding the possibility of a second stimulus package. You can read what I had to say about it earlier here and here (I stand by my original posts). There were some good follow-up questions in the comments – but it struck me that not everyone…
Imagine this: You file your 2007 tax return just like normal. You get your economic stimulus check. And life goes on, right? What if, a few months later, you got a letter from the IRS asking you why you filed TWO tax returns for the same year? Using different addresses? Yep, that’s what happened to…
My inbox is chock full of people asking me to verify rumors – some of them quite specific and I have to say, just a little bit humorous – that a new stimulus package has been approved. In fact, I’ve been getting these questions for a couple of months now. But the requests for information…
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…
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,…
Taxpayer asks: I work for an accounting firm and my boss mentioned she had heard on TV (gotta love the media) that because the first round of stimulus checks didn’t stimulate the economy as they thought ( I loved your – who really did profit from the stimulus checks), that the IRS was considering another…