Reasons Your 2008 Tax Rebate Might Be Delayed

Are you asking yourself “I was supposed to get my tax rebate already but haven’t! Where is it?!?!?! As the majority of rebates have been transmitted by the IRS, we are starting to see a few reasons you may not have gotten it by the time you expected. Here are some that affect the most people:

1) If you used a 3rd party tax preparation company and received an advance on your rebate from them, you will most likely get a paper check from the Government for your rebate. This is because your tax return was sent to them to pay off your tax return loan. The rebate will go the same place.

2) If you owed money to the Federal Government for your 2007 taxes, and you paid it via direct debit, unless your software specifically asked you about direct deposit for the rebate, you will get a paper check, since the IRS did not get the account info that you wanted to direct deposit the rebate.

3)If you filed your 2007 tax return just before the April 15th deadline, it is possible that the IRS did not process your return prior to April 15th. If this is the case, you will receive your rebate via check. I have not seen an actual cut off date where if you submitted your tax return after that date your rebate might be delayed.

4)If you opted to pay your filing fees using the proceeds from your refund, you will receive your rebate in the form of a check. It is best to pay those fees with a credit card to keep them seperate from your rebate as this changes the way your tax return was sent to you which in turn affects your rebate.

If you think you are going to get your rebate via a check. Check out the 2008 Tax Stimulus Rebate Payout Schedule to see when you might receive your rebate.

You can also use the Rebate Status Tool to check the status of your rebate.

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