Anybody else not get their rebate yet that should have?

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:12 pm

FINALLY! Got it today.

What's really hilarious is we got the letter saying to expect our stimulus payment today also. Our government at work!

Redwolf

kkrell · Post by **kkrell** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:33 pm

If I get one at all, it will not be until next month, according to the current schedule.

I wonder how these delays are affecting all the merchants running TV commercials about how to spend your stimulus payment with them. Worthless to run the ads now, better to run them later?

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:15 pm

kkrell wrote:If I get one at all, it will not be until next month, according to the current schedule.

I wonder how these delays are affecting all the merchants running TV commercials about how to spend your stimulus payment with them. Worthless to run the ads now, better to run them later?

Some people may be spending in anticipation of receiving the checks. You know, "I've got $x,xxx.xx in savings, and I know I'm getting a check, so I'll just buy this now and pay savings later" or even "I'll just put this on Visa and pay it when I get the check." When you consider the kind of credit debt most Americans carry, I wouldn't be surprised at all if many stimulus checks were spent before they arrived.

While I'll admit there were a couple of things we had been planning to buy with the check that we just went ahead and bought, they were things we needed to buy whether we'd gotten a check or not (for example, my husband's new suit, which he needs for our cruise). They were budgeted for in savings long ago, but when we realized we were getting a check, we thought we might pay for them out of that. When the check didn't come when anticipated, we just went ahead and bought them with the money we'd already budgeted.

Redwolf

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:19 pm

I resemble that remark and had to make a payment to my Behemoth credit card balance. Still no $$$.

All this over some paper...nyuk.

I am glad I didn't order a whistle....

rodfish · Post by **rodfish** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:01 pm

We got ours in the mail yesterday.
The last two digits of my SSN are 01 if that means anything.

(Better get to the bank)

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:14 am

2 things I learned today:
1. Direct deposits are still happening. We got ours.
2. They ARE subtracting what's owed from the stimulus total for some. We were due $1200, but only got $488, because we still owed $712 in taxes (been paying in installments).
Now I'm aggravated because we were told that wouldn't happen and that direct deposits were finished. We also had a payment on our taxes for $150 clear the same day, so now the govt. owes that back to us.
btw- my number ends in 04, and we used Turbotax.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:09 pm

Hadn't thought about it, but no we haven't gotten it yet either. It should be a paper check starting 5/30 from teh IRS web site ( I think)

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:10 pm

Thomaston wrote:2 things I learned today:
1. Direct deposits are still happening. We got ours.
2. They ARE subtracting what's owed from the stimulus total for some. We were due $1200, but only got $488, because we still owed $712 in taxes (been paying in installments).
Now I'm aggravated because we were told that wouldn't happen and that direct deposits were finished. We also had a payment on our taxes for $150 clear the same day, so now the govt. owes that back to us.
btw- my number ends in 04, and we used Turbotax.

Who told you they wouldn't be subtracting back taxes? On the IRS site, under the rebate FAQ, one of the questions is "why didn't I get as much money as I thought I would?" and one of the answers was "you may still owe tax [there were some other things as well], in which case the amount you owe will be deducted from your stimulus check"

Redwolf

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:44 pm

Redwolf wrote:
Thomaston wrote:2 things I learned today:
1. Direct deposits are still happening. We got ours.
2. They ARE subtracting what's owed from the stimulus total for some. We were due $1200, but only got $488, because we still owed $712 in taxes (been paying in installments).
Now I'm aggravated because we were told that wouldn't happen and that direct deposits were finished. We also had a payment on our taxes for $150 clear the same day, so now the govt. owes that back to us.
btw- my number ends in 04, and we used Turbotax.
Who told you they wouldn't be subtracting back taxes? On the IRS site, under the rebate FAQ, one of the questions is "why didn't I get as much money as I thought I would?" and one of the answers was "you may still owe tax [there were some other things as well], in which case the amount you owe will be deducted from your stimulus check"

Redwolf

Well, originally we owed $1200, and called the IRS to see if we could just have our stimulus cancel that out. And they said no, that we would have to pay the taxes in full or set up a payment plan, and then later we'd get the full $1200 stimulus.
PS- I read through the FAQ, but somehow missed that.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:55 pm

Thomaston wrote:
Redwolf wrote:
Thomaston wrote:2 things I learned today:
1. Direct deposits are still happening. We got ours.
2. They ARE subtracting what's owed from the stimulus total for some. We were due $1200, but only got $488, because we still owed $712 in taxes (been paying in installments).
Now I'm aggravated because we were told that wouldn't happen and that direct deposits were finished. We also had a payment on our taxes for $150 clear the same day, so now the govt. owes that back to us.
btw- my number ends in 04, and we used Turbotax.
Who told you they wouldn't be subtracting back taxes? On the IRS site, under the rebate FAQ, one of the questions is "why didn't I get as much money as I thought I would?" and one of the answers was "you may still owe tax [there were some other things as well], in which case the amount you owe will be deducted from your stimulus check"

Redwolf
Well, originally we owed $1200, and called the IRS to see if we could just have our stimulus cancel that out. And they said no, that we would have to pay the taxes in full or set up a payment plan, and then later we'd get the full $1200 stimulus.
PS- I read through the FAQ, but somehow missed that.

Bloody IRS...can't tell if it's coming or going sometimes!

They had neglected to tell us that our check would come by mail, even though we'd had our refund dd'd, because we'd paid our tax preparation fees via our refund, which is why I was getting panicky.

Redwolf

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Sat May 24, 2008 4:59 pm

We just got the letter that said "soon, very soon."

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:41 am

We just got the letter on Saturday saying we should get it by June 6. It's not in the bank yet. The mail won't be here until later in the afternoon.

We were planning to get a new sofa, but had to replace one vehicle, so the check will pay for half of the replacement car instead.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:55 pm

Got it today- all of it; signed the check as well

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:35 am

At the end of the list. With inflation, who knows what it will actually be worth when it arrives.

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:26 pm

WELL IRS-- here it is June 6 and no $$. Not in the bank or the mailbox.