New York – The IRS may be looking for you – but this time resist any urge to run and hide.
The agency is trying to track down certain taxpayers who are missing their economic stimulus checks or their regular refund checks.
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Due to mailing errors, some 17,000 New York City residents are owed a total of $7.1 million in economic stimulus checks and $6.7 million in regular refund checks that were returned by the post office.
If you still haven’t received your stimulus check, you have until Nov. 28 to update your address with the tax agency.
“We want New Yorkers to get all the money they are entitled to,” IRS spokesman Kevin McKeon said. “The holidays are coming. This money could be put to good use.”
Updating your address takes a few simple steps.
If you are waiting for your stimulus check, go to irs.gov, click on Where’s My Refund? and then Where’s My Stimulus Payment? On that page, click on Where’s My Stimulus Payment? and fill out the online form.
It will tell you the status of your stimulus check and give you instructions on how to update your address. You can also call (866) 234-2942.
The Where’s My Refund? link can also be used to check on money you’ve been expecting from the IRS. The tool will provide the status of your refund and in some cases give instructions on how to fix any delivery problems. You can also call (800) 829-1954.
If you don’t know the amount of your refund or stimulus check, contact the IRS customer service hotline at (800) 829-1040.
If you are waiting for your stimulus check and miss the deadline, you may be able to claim a recovery rebate credit, which is similar to an economic stimulus payment.
But this credit will be based on your 2008 income and the tax return filed by next April.
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This sells fishy for some reason are they pushing very hard again and again for people to pick up the money. Ha?
To Anonymous 08:18 AM
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Oy, I am so impressed about how great tsaddikim the IRS is. And Dina de-Malchusa Dina refers to actual laws and regulations passed by the bonafide government of the country. However, things are not as poshut as people think, not only with regard to direct taxation by the federal government without apportionnment, or with regard to whether monetary transactions of ANY kind are actual commercial transactions, rendering the user of the Federal Reserve notes a commercial entity. There are many interesting websites that discuss all these matters.