How to Check Income Tax Rebates

In 2008, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued economic stimulus payments for the tax year 2007. This recovery rebate credit was extended to the tax year 2008, provided certain conditions are met by the taxpayer. The tax rebates will be included with 2008 refund checks. A form on the federal return (1040 series) includes a field to specify the amount of the 2007 rebate issued in 2008. This amount can be accessed from the secure servers for the Internal Revenue Service and the IRS will automatically calculate the stimulus amount for tax year 2008.

Things You'll Need

• Copy of your filed 2007 tax return

Instructions

1. Click the link to "Internal Revenue Service: Stimulus Payment" under the Resources section below to access the secure server.

2. Type the following information in the corresponding fields from information reported on your filed tax return:
   Social Security number
   Filing status
   Total number of exemptions

3. Click the "Submit" button to view the status of your tax refund. Then click the "Close" button to close the browser window.

Tips & Warnings

• The IRS recommends that after accessing the secure Refund Status site, that users exit their browser application to clear private data.

References

• IRS: Economic Stimulus Payment Information Center
• My Income Tax Rebate

Resources

• Internal Revenue Service: Stimulus Payment