Millions of Stimulus Check Dollars Go Unclaimed in Tennessee
Thousands of Tennesseans are still missing their economic stimulus checks, and the IRS is looking for more than 5,800 taxpayers who haven't gotten their money.
That adds up to nearly $3.3 million. Another 2,000 refund checks to Tennesseans, totaling nearly $1.7 million were returned to the IRS because of address errors.
The Internal Revenue Service is looking for taxpayers who are missing more than 279,000 economic stimulus checks totaling about $163 million and more than 104,000 regular refund checks totaling about $103 million that were returned by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.
“People across the country are missing tax refunds and stimulus checks. We want to get this money into the hands of taxpayers where it belongs,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. “We are committed to making the process as easy as possible for taxpayers to update their addresses with the IRS and get their checks.”
All a taxpayer has to do is update his or her address once. The IRS will then send out all checks due. It is crucial that taxpayers who may be due a stimulus check update their addresses with the IRS by Nov. 28, 2008. By law, economic stimulus checks must be sent out by Dec. 31 of this year. The undeliverable economic stimulus checks average $583.
The “Where’s My Stimulus Payment?" tool on this Web site is the quickest and easiest way for a taxpayer to check the status of a stimulus check and receive instructions on how to update his or her address. Taxpayers without internet access should call 1-866-234-2942.
本报讯 布什总统于2008年年初，签署了国会两院通过的经济刺激计划，以求鼓励消费、扩大就业、防止经济陷入衰退。这项一千五百多亿美元开支计划的核心内容是减税。根据行政当局和国会达成的妥协，年收入在7万5千美元以下的纳税人得到300到600美元的一次性退税；年收入15万美元以下的每个纳税家庭得到1200美元退税；有儿童的家庭得到额外退税；年收入超过7万5千美元的个人和超过15万美元的家庭也获得部分退税。此外，这项计划还拨出500亿美元用于小企业退税。今年4月到8月间，退税款陆续寄到纳税人手中。
记者从国税局的官方网站上了解到，由于邮件被退回或根本没有准确的地址，成千上万张支票等待领取，其中也有不少看似华裔的名字。目前这些待领的支票总数接近三亿美元，每一张支票的平均面值为$583。
其中田纳西州有高达三百三十万元，5，800张支票待领。根据美国法律，这些支票必须在今年十二月底之前送达纳税人手中，否则这些款项可能被充公。国税局特地设立“我的支票在那里”的网站：http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=181665,00.html 或者你可以免费电话咨询，电话号码是1－866－234－2942。如果你去年是田纳西州的居民，你可以浏览http://www.wsmv.com/download/2008/1118/18002359.pdf，按照你所在的郡（County）寻找你的名字，并和上述电话联络，更新你的地址，尽快收到你的支票。不过，你必须提供你的或户主的社会安全号码，并且告诉接待人员你的报税类型。
据悉，有些在田纳西州地区活动的报税员（Bookkeeper 或代人报税的人员）用他们的地址代纳税人报税，如果你有类似的情况，请和这些报税员联络，将你的地址更新成你自己的地址，确保你能收到支票。
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