How To Get Your Tax Rebate Check

Taxpayers have been ringing the Internal Revenue Service telephones in record numbers trying to get answers about the upcoming economic stimulus payments.

In a recent report, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration noted that the IRS has been averaging more than 50,000 calls per day regarding the stimulus -- significantly above the normal volume of calls the agency gets this time of year. And this is still after the IRS spent $45 million mailing out more than 130 million notices explaining the payments.

One frequent question comes from people who owe taxes this year and are entitled to a stimulus check. Here's what one reader wanted to know: "I am about ready to send in my taxes and I owe money. Do I then have no choice but to await a paper check, or is there some way I can arrange for direct deposit?"

Jim Dupree, an IRS spokesman, responded: "Fill out your bank routing and account information before you submit the return and you'll receive your stimulus payment via direct deposit."

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Comments

[greymen]

It's simple!
FOR THOSE WHO DEAL WITH IRS ELECTRONICALLY
Soc Security ending in 00-20 week of May 2-dropped in your checking account
Soc Security ending in 21-40 week of May 9-same same
41-60 May 16
61-80 May 23
81-99 May 30

Then for those who MAIL their checks in, the whole sequence starts in the same order, albeit snail-mailed.

[terry54]

My disabled neighbor went to H&R BLOCK and we they printed out he return to send in they had "xxxxxxxxxxxxx" where the direct deposit info went of the return. They were unable to file it electronicly unless he paid a higher fee told him to mail it. .

[mrcontinental]

IRS...criminals one and all.

[ErnestineBass]

WELCOME BACK, mrc.! We missed yah.