When was the last time you received a stimulus check?

Some experts say that we are victims of one of the highest inflations in our country’s history and all we can do is come up with a plan to reduce our spending. Some of them even say that we have to deal with the biggest prices we’ve seen in the last 4 decades, when in the 1980s, for instance, the inflation rate was 14.6%.

Speaking of that, the federal government is trying to help people counteract the record-high rate of inflation, so, as a result, 18 states are, or have, already begun issuing stimulus paychecks to their taxpayer residents.

Even though some of these compensations are for hundreds of dollars and others go up to a few thousand, they are not the most effective way to get rid of inflation.

In accordance with some senior international economists, plans that target specific groups or sectors, like gas cards or expenditures that are based on compensation thresholds, could help people with their spending and the higher prices for different products or services. This happens without adding a lot of pressure on prices more broadly.

With that being said, here is how 18 states have passed bills to begin distributing tax refunds to citizens. Let’s take a look at how these installments are progressing and what the stimulus checks are actually worth.

1. Colorado – Bonus Payments of $750

Citizens of the state of Colorado who filed their taxes individually were given a $750 refund, while those who filed jointly got $1,500 back. People who were eligible for these stimulus checks were those who were 18 or older on December 31st, 2021, and who filed a Colorado state income tax return for that year.

In an attempt to reduce the possibility of fraud, the states only sent paper checks. If you submitted your state tax return by June 30, you should have gotten your refund by the end of the third month, which means September 30th. However, if you’ve requested an extension, you won’t get your refund until January 31st, 2023.

2. Alaska – $3,200 Payments

The majority of Alaskans get a check every year through one of the state’s best programs, called the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). What’s great for them (and for you as well, if you live in the state of Alaska) is that the energy assistance payout will be $650 higher this year.

The PFD increased dramatically, from $1,114 in 2021 to $3,284 in 2022 for each qualified beneficiary. The dividend is funded by the state’s investment of a portion of its oil and mineral earnings, which means that the money growth is in part a result of growing oil prices.

If you chose to receive your PFD and energy relief payment by direct deposit, you should have received both payments on the same day: September 20th, to be exact. Alaska began sending out paper checks the week of October 6th to people who had solicited them.

3. Delaware – $300 Refund Checks

Payments of $300 were issued as a “relief rebate” to residents of Delaware who submitted state tax returns for the year 2020. A financial surplus makes this one-time transfer possible. People who file their taxes as a married couple will each earn $300.

Most of the people from Delaware who were eligible for these refund checks got them in May 2022.

For those who haven’t submitted their 2020 state tax return yet, the instructions on how to get the refund have been made public on October 20th, 2022.

If you have any questions regarding these stimulus checks or if you want to check your rebate status, you should contact the Delaware Department of Finance, so they can help out.

4. California – Up to a $1,050 Tax Credit

Approximately 23 million citizens of California began receiving their “Middle-Class Tax Refund” on October 7th. If you live in California and want to check whether you can qualify for tax relief or not, go to the California Franchise Tax Board website. According to them, 90% of these payments will be released in October.

Individual taxpayers whose annual income is $75,000 or less will get a $350 one-time payment. If a married couple’s combined yearly income is less than $150,000, they will get $700. Moreover, families with qualified dependents will get an extra $350 if they are eligible.

The highest benefit for taxpayers with earnings between $75,000 and $250,000 is a progressive benefit with a maximum payment of $350. If they have a qualifying member in their home, in a situation like this, households can receive an extra $250.

Eligible taxpayers who received Golden State Stimulus checks through direct deposit should get their Middle Class tax refund between October 7th and October 25th.

Those who got their California stimulus funds on a debit card will also be issued a debit card for their Middle Class tax refund between October 25th and December 10th. The remaining debit card payments will be sent before or on January 15th, 2023.

If you filed your California tax return for 2020 online and had your refund deposited directly into your bank account, you should get your money between October 28th and November 14th.

5. Florida – $450 Payments

The Department of Children and Families in Florida created a program called Hope Florida—A Pathway to Prosperity, which helped several families with children receive a one-time payment of $450 per kid.

There are a lot of people who can qualify for this stimulus check, including foster parents, familial and non-relative caretakers of children, participants in the state Guardian Support Program, and families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance. The money comes thanks to the pandemic relief funding designated for TANF recipients.

You don’t have to do anything in particular to qualify for this $450 payment. If you are suitable, you should have received a mailed check. Delivery was expected on or before July 25th, when the state’s back-to-school tax break kicked off.

6. Hawaii – $300 Allowance Payments

In June, the Hawaii state legislature authorized a tax refund for all residents who paid their taxes. Those with annual incomes of less than $100,000 will get $300 in tax rebates, while those with incomes of more than $100,000 will only receive $100 (it might not seem like a lot of money, but it’s better than nothing, right?). What’s great about this stimulus check is that dependents can also qualify for the tax credit.

In the event that you submitted your 2021 state income tax return by July 31st, 2022, you should’ve received your refund in the month of September 2022.

However, if you requested a paper check, you should get it by the end of October 2022. Those who file their 2021 tax returns between August 1st and December 31st might expect to get their money as soon as 12 weeks after submitting their forms.

7. Georgia – $250 Bonus Payments

Georgia citizens who filed tax returns in both 2020 and 2021 were eligible to receive rebate payments depending on their filing status due to the state’s unprecedented budget surplus. Here are more details about this:

• If you file as single, you can get up to $250;
• The head of the family can get a maximum of $375;
• Married people who file jointly can receive up to $500.

Rebate amounts might have been reduced if you owed back taxes or other obligations to the state, such as child support. Another factor that can make your bonus payment lower is the fact that you lived in the state of Georgia for a couple of months only.

If you submitted your 2021 taxes by April 18th, you should have gotten your refund in August. If you have any questions about this topic, you can contact the Georgia Department of Revenue.

8. Illinois – $50 and $300 Rebates

If you are a resident of the state of Illinois or if you were one in 2021, you are eligible for 2 refunds. The first bonus is an income tax credit for people whose annual income is less than $200,000 (or $400,000 for married couples who file jointly). You can get $50, and your dependents will get $100 more if they qualify (up to 3 kids per family).

The second stimulus check you can get is bigger than the previous one, and you can receive up to $300 back if you qualify for a property tax credit on your tax return.

People who can qualify for this are those who have annual incomes of $250,000 or less ($500,000 for a married couple filing jointly) and it represents a reduction in their property taxes.

According to the Illinois Department of Revenue, it can take several months to distribute all refunds, so you have to be patient. However, the state began providing the money the week of September 12th.

9. Idaho – $75 Rebate Payments

Idahoans will receive a total of $350 million in tax refunds thanks to a measure signed by Governor Brad Little in February. There are 2 conditions that people have to fulfill so that they can qualify:

• Full-time Idaho residents who had filed their tax returns for either 2020 or 2021;
• Full-time Idaho resident who has submitted returns for the Idaho grocery credit refund.

They started paying their citizens in March. If an Idaho resident owed state taxes in 2020, they got either $75 or 12% of that amount, whichever was higher (check Form 40, line 20 for your reported tax amount). Every single taxpayer and their dependents were eligible for a refund.

Taxpayers who opted for direct deposit of their refunds got those rebates first, followed by those who requested paper rebate cheques from the tax commission. Most of these payments have already been paid out.

On September 1st, during a special legislative session, legislators in Idaho approved a new tax refund for all Idahoans who filed their state tax returns in 2020. People who file individually will receive $300, while those who file as a couple will get $600.

The special session authorized different payments, which started being priced in the last few days of September 2022. According to them, they plan on sending roughly 75,000 rebate payments each week. The end of this year and also the first few months of next year will be used to handle payments.

10. Indiana – $325 Rebate Payments

If you live in the state of Indiana, consider yourself lucky because, similar to Georgia, this state had a budget surplus at the end of 2021 and decided to give back to its citizens in the form of 2 refunds.

Indiana taxpayers might expect a one-time reimbursement of $125 after filing their 2021 returns, as Governor Eric Holcomb said in December 2021.

If you want to qualify, there is no minimum income necessary to do it. However, in order to be eligible for this rebate payment, you must have submitted your 2020 state income tax return by January 3rd, 2022, and your 2021 Indiana income tax return by April 18th, 2022. In conformity with a state resource website, the state began its payments in May.

If both spouses filed taxes together, they would each get a single deposit that is worth $250. In August 2022, it was decided to give out another refund of $200 to each taxpayer.

Typically, refunds will be paid out in 2 installments, with the second payment beginning to go out to taxpayers in late August 2022. You will be issued a paper check if your bank information has changed or if direct deposit information is not on file.

The first mailing was delayed for many months due to a problem with the printing process, but it finally restarted around the middle of August. After that date, each taxpayer will get one check for the full $325 value of both rebates.

In October, the state will begin delivering the printed checks to their recipients. The Indiana Department of Revenue said that qualified recipients who haven’t gotten their checks yet shouldn’t contact them until November 1st.

…If you need any additional information, check out the state’s Department of Revenue website.

11. Minnesota – $750 Payments for Frontline Workers

…If you were a frontline worker in 2020, your efforts would be rewarded with a $750 bonus! 

In early May, Governor Tim Walz approved a law that will provide certain frontline employees a one-time payment of $750.

All employees who were not permitted to work remotely and who worked at least 120 hours in Minnesota between March 15th, 2020, and June 30th, 2021, can successfully qualify for this payment.

People who worked directly with COVID-19 patients must have earned less than $175,000 per year between December 2019 and January 2022 in order to be eligible for this.

On the other hand, people whose primary responsibility is not patient care must have earned less than $85,000 per year so they can receive this stimulus check. In conformity with officials, applications for the payment are no longer accepted and they are now processing appeals.

Governor Walz even said that the state of Minnesota has a $7 billion budget surplus and they can use it to give each citizen a tax refund check of $1,000. However, if they really want to do something like this, they will need the state legislature’s involvement.

12. Maine – $850 Direct Relief Payments

On April 20th, 2022, Janet Mills, the Governor of Maine, approved a supplemental budget, which means that she authorized $850 in direct relief payments to residents.

Eligible applicants need to be permanent residents with an adjusted gross income below $100,000 ($150,000 for single filers who file as the head of the family and $200,000 for married filers who file jointly). Meanwhile, there will be a $1,700 check sent to married couples filing jointly.

According to sources, taxpayers can qualify for this direct relief payment whether they owe income to the state of Maine or not. For those who didn’t file a state tax return in 2021 and want to get their payment, they can still file by October 31st.

These one-time payments, which were made possible thanks to the state’s surplus, started being sent to Maine residents in June. The amount received depends on the amount of taxes paid to the state in 2021. Besides that, the supplementary budget increases Maine’s Earned Income Tax Credit benefits.

13. New Jersey – $500 Rebate Checks

Nearly one million New Jersey households will get rebate checks of up to $500 thanks to the budget provisions adopted by Governor Phil Murphy and the state assembly in the autumn of 2021.

People who file their taxes in New Jersey using a taxpayer identification number (TIN) instead of a Social Security Number will also get a $500 bonus. Foreigners and people who live in New Jersey permanently, as well as their wives and children, are also part of The Excluded New Jerseyans Fund.

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14. Oregon – Direct Stimulus Checks of $600

Oregon is another state that wants to help its citizens face inflation more easily. In March 2022, the legislature of the state authorized one-time payments of $600 to some of its residents.

One payment per family will be sent to taxpayers who claimed Oregon earned income tax credit on their 2020 state tax return and who also resided in a city in the state for the last 6 months of that year.

These direct payments were made possible by federal pandemic money used by the state to help over 236,000 families who don’t have a large income. Between June 23rd and July 1st, 2022, all stimulus checks were sent through electronic funds transfer or paper checks.

If you are an Oregon resident and want to know more about these payments and when you’ll get them, you can go to the Department of Revenue’s website.

15. New Mexico – $500 Rebates

In March 2022 a bill was approved by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, which is great news for people who’re looking for different ways to have more money in these uncertain times. With the help of this law, a number of reimbursements are to be sent out to state residents.

Starting on September 26th, low-income New Mexico residents are able to apply for relief payments of at least $400. If you live in the state of New Mexico, you’ll have to do a few things to qualify: provide proof that you are a legal resident of the state and had one of the following documents to be considered. such as your Social Security Number, New Mexico driver’s license number, and individual taxpayer identification number.

Unfortunately, you can no longer apply, as the deadline was October 7th, 2022. The state legislature allocated $10 million for economic assistance, some of which will go toward helping people who don’t have a big income. The number of applications was capped at the budgeted amount and families with the lowest incomes will have priority in receiving these rebates.

Those who filed their taxes alone and earned less than $75,000 per year (or spouses filing jointly, less than $150,000) were eligible for a $250 refund ($500 for joint filers). People who submitted their 2021 state tax return in July received an automatic refund check.

However, this wasn’t the only stimulus check people in New Mexico received. Those who filed alone got a cash award of $500, while those filing jointly were given $1,000.

People who qualified for this refund received the money in 2 installments, one in June 2022 and the other in August 2022. Those who submitted a 2021 state tax return received their refunds automatically.

For citizens whose annual income of less than $75,000, they might get as much as $750 with all rebates added together.

A direct transfer or paper stimulus check will be sent to you if you submit your 2021 state income tax return by May 31st, 2023. If you owe taxes on your 2021 tax return, the amount will be subtracted from your refund.

16. Rhode Island – $250 Rebate per Kid

If you are a resident of Rhode Island, you should thank the surplus in the state’s budget for sending a one-time payment of $250 per kid. However, in order to be eligible for this rebate, the children must have been claimed as dependents on your federal and state tax filings for the year 2021. The best thing about this is that families can receive this stimulus check for up to 3 kids, which means a total of $750.

Another criterion you have to meet in order to qualify for this rebate is to have an adjusted gross income of less than $100,000 or $200,000 for a two-income family.

Checks for the child tax credit started to be sent out on October 3rd. If you filed an extension for your 2021 state tax returns by October 20th, 2022, you will receive your refund in December 2022.

17. Virginia – $250 Rebates

The Virginia legislature granted a one-time tax cut in June 2022. If you submitted your taxes by July 1st and you qualify for a refund, you should get it by October 31st. The Virginia Department of Revenue states that you must submit your 2021 taxes by November 1st in order to get the restitution.

There will be a rebate of $250 per taxpayer ($500 per married couple filing jointly) put into the same bank account from which the original tax refund was issued.

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18. South Carolina – Rebate Checks of up to $800

Some taxpayers might get a one-time payment of up to $700 due to a tax refund that was allocated $1 billion in the budget plan passed in June. However, the maximum limit is flexible, so you can’t tell for sure how much money you’ll get.

The refund amount will be decided after the filing extension date of October 17th, 2021, and rebates will be sent before December 31st. Your rebate will be deposited into the same bank account from which you got your 2021 refund. Following the steps outlined on the state Department of Revenue rebate news page, you might get a rough estimate of your refund.

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