The Bottom Line

According to this article in The Jackson Sun, if you received some tax rebate (read: stimulus checks under the Bush administration) in calendar year 2008 as part of your 2007 taxes, you may still be eligible to receive the rest of the rebate, provided you’re eligible.

If you received a check from the Treasury for less than $600 last year as part of the stimulus, you can check with the IRS to see if you qualify for the balance. Here’s how:

1. Go here to find out the amount of the 2008 payment. You will be using information from the return that you mailed last year (2008) for 2007’s financial data.
2. Fill out the form, and the next page will show you the dollar amount that you will need to enter into the second calculator.
3. The second form is the Recovery Rebate Credit Calculator.
4. Go through the form, fill out the info and the IRS will tell you what your eligibility is based on the information you provided to them about the form you’re filing in 2009, which is based off 2008’s numbers and different from the first form.

Good hunting!

Angela Hu Uncategorized stimulus, Taxes