"Stimulus Package" arrived

[MelC]

IRS Rebate screw up

The IRS has deposited some stimulus checks in the wrong bank accounts, according to Newsday.

"We do know of instances of problems; we've heard of situations where stimulus checks have gone to the wrong people's bank accounts," Kevin McKeon, a spokesman for the tax agency, tells the paper. "We're getting a lot of calls to the toll-free number."

The other day, a woman in upstate New York told the Times Herald-Record that her rebate had been deposited in a bank account in Illinois.




*I read they they are getting 2 million phone calls a day! No wonder I couldnt get through when I tried calling this week.

[irs]

Starting this May, 130 million households will received stimulus payment by the IRS. It is the 2007 income tax and it is your tax refund for the year 2008.
Through this stimulus payment, you can use this and help pay your bills.

Do you have to do anything special to receive the stimulus? I paid taxes this year but ended up owing taxes.

[disneysteve]

It is the 2007 income tax and it is your tax refund for the year 2008.

I'm not sure what you mean here. The tax stimulus rebate has nothing at all to do with your 2008 tax refund. You will still get that if you have a refund coming to you. The stimulus check won't affect the amount of your 2008 refund.