While the federal government has made it plain that stimulus checks will not be issued at that level again in response to the COVID-19 crisis, some states will make it easier for residents to receive refunds when filing their tax returns.
Despite the fact that general metrics are beginning to trickle down, Americans are still experiencing the effects of inflation. Many are in desperate need of any type of relief.
States Stimulus Checks
Specifically, four states are or have previously distributed grants to qualified residents to assist them in coping with still-high prices at the supermarket, petrol station, and elsewhere. Here is their location:
Michigan
The Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, and the state’s Democratic legislators have suggested sending stimulus checks totaling $180 to tax filers for the 2022 tax year.
Single filers would receive a cheque for $180, while married taxpayers filing separately would receive $90 each. Similarly, couples filing jointly would earn $180. To become effective, the measure needs the approval and backing of Republican legislators.
Colorado
Beneficiaries of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), a state legislation mandating a refund of excess tax income, mailed $750 payments to individual 2021 tax return filers and $1,500 stimulus checks to joint filers.
Those who want payouts later this year must file their 2022 tax returns by April 18; those with a state income tax liability or wage withholding refund claim must file by October 16 to be eligible for a TABOR refund.
New Jersey
The Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters (ANCHOR) benefits program allows homeowners earning up to $150,000 to receive $1,500 in property tax refunds, while that earning between $150,000 and $250,000 would receive $1,000, and renters earning up to $150,000 will receive $450.
Residents have until February 28 to submit a request for relief.
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Massachusetts
According to state law, if tax collections surpass the yearly tax revenue maximum, the state must return a share of extra tax money to taxpayers.
The state announced it had collected over $3 billion in surplus taxes the previous year. Consequently, qualified taxpayers began getting refunds in November, amounting to 14.0312 percent of their individual income tax burden based on their 2021 tax forms.
Those who have not filed their 2021 tax returns by September 15, 2023, will not be eligible for a refund.
Pennsylvania
The deadline for submitting a claim was December 31, 2022; however, Pennsylvania did not begin providing payments to senior citizens who rented or owned their homes, as well as people who were disabled, until July 2022.
Payments will be made in 2023 to those residents who are eligible and who submit their documents before the deadline.
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