CALIFORNIA: According to the California Tax Board, it has delivered about 11 million payments to date, in both direct deposit and prepaid cards. But there are thousands of Californians still waiting for their payments.
This uncertainty can lead to scammers falling for you. In a statement, State Attorney General Rob Ponta said, “Unfortunately, there are some bad guys out there waiting to benefit as Californians patiently await the arrival of their direct deposit or prepaid debit card.”
“Don’t be fooled,” warned the head of the California Attorney General’s office, as he made recommendations:
- Do not provide personal information or pay money to get a refund. FTB already has the information it needs to send your payments.
- If you want to know how much money you will receive or if you will have to wait for the card or deposit, You must check this link, Or read the information below.
- Don’t be fooled by scammers who say they can speed up your payment process. Check the payment dates in the same article.
- Do not provide information about Social Security, bank account, or credit card information.
- Don’t be fooled by texts, emails, or calls asking you to “activate” or “reactivate” your prepaid debit card.
- Do not click on any suspicious links. Be aware that scammers may copy or “spoof” a government agency’s phone number.
- Know very well what to expect. The envelope and debit card look like the following image. Additionally, the white envelope says: “It is not an invoice or declaration. Important tax refund information for the middle class.” Envelopes without this information are likely to be a scam.
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The shipment of inflation payments ranging from $200 to $1,050 will continue to be distributed through January 2023, however, many are already wondering why my payments haven’t arrived. the so-called Tax refunds for the middle class He continues to distribute debit cards with money.
Between Oct. 7 and Nov. 14, payments were made via direct deposit, for so-called tax refunds for the middle class, in California.
The early beneficiaries are those who received direct deposit in the most recent tax refund, or received in the same way the economic stimuli that were offered during the pandemic. This group was supposed to have received the refunds into their bank accounts between October 7 and November 14.
However, if you don’t file electronically during the 2020 tax season, your inflation relief payment will likely arrive in the mail.
The Tax Collection Board has issued the first round of direct deposit payments to bank accounts between October 7 and 25, 2022.
The remaining direct deposits were made between October 28th and November 14th, 2022. It is estimated that about 90% of the direct deposits have already been delivered.
Debit card payments
MCTR debit card payments will be mailed to taxpayers starting October 25 through December 10, 2022.
You can receive a discount card in your mail if:
- Submit a return sheet.
- I received your money by check.
- I had an outstanding balance.
- You received your Golden State Stimulus payment by check.
- You received your tax refund by check, regardless of the method of filing.
- You received your 2020 tax refund via direct deposit, but have since changed your banking institution or bank account number.
- You received an advance payment from a tax service provider, or paid a tax preparer fee using a tax refund.
Debit cards will be distributed in alphabetical order:
- Taxpayers whose last names start with A – E will receive their payments between 10/24/2022 through 05/11/2022.
- Taxpayers whose names begin with the letter F – M will receive their payment between 11/06/2022 to 11/19/2022.
- Taxpayers whose last name starts with N – V will receive their payment between 11/20/2022 through 12/03/2022.
- Taxpayers, whose last names start with A – E, will receive their payments between 04/12/2022 to 10/12/2022.
Those Californians who filed their 2020 taxes, but were not recipients of the California State Economic Stimulus, will receive their refund after December 5th.
Who receives it?
This amount is financial aid approved by the state as part of an effort to help families who have been financially affected by the hike in the prices of gasoline, food, and daily necessities.
All people who file their taxes in 2020 will benefit from the inflation relief check. Of course, taxpayers must have lived in California for at least six months, and meet income limits, says Catalina Martinez, a spokeswoman for the California Franchise Tax.
At least 23 million Californians will get that payment, which ranges from $200 to $1,050, which the governor hopes will help escalate prices.
The California Board of Revenue has made available a calculator with which families can calculate how much money they will receive.
How much money will I get?
- You must enter the site https://www.ftb.ca.gov/about-ftb/newsroom/middle-class-tax-refund/middle-class-tax-refund-es.html
- You click on “Estimate Payment Amount” at the bottom right of the screen.
- You will need to answer a series of questions to prove that you qualify, i.e. if you filed your 2020 taxes before October 15 of the last year, that you have resided in the state for six months or more, that you were still living in the state at the time of the refund, and you were not claimed to be a dependent of before anyone else that year
- In the scheduling tool, you must specify whether you have declared as the head of the household, jointly or individually.
- Also report the income level you reported, for example, if you are the head of household and earn less than $150,000 per year, you will receive $700 back if you have dependents, otherwise you will only receive $350.
If you apply jointly with your partner, and they earn less than $150,000, they get $1,050 if they have dependents, no matter how many, or $700 if they don’t.
If you file taxes individually earning $75,000 a year, you’ll receive $700 with dependents or $350 if you don’t have one.
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