More Than 5 million in the United States Yet to Claim Economic Stimulus Payments
To boost the flagging economy, Congress authorized economic stimulus payments that eligible households claim by filing a 2007 tax return. However, the IRS identified about 20 million low-income seniors, disabled veterans and others with disabilities who are not otherwise required to file a tax return and, as a result, are at risk of missing out on their $300 payments ($600 for married couples). On June 20, the IRS announced that 5 million people in this group had not yet filed. With the cost of energy, food and other expenses on the rise, the economic stimulus payments are as critical as ever, and assistance is available to those who need it. Eligible people have until October 15 to file for their payments.
AMERICANS REMAINING TO FILE: TOTAL UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS:
5,617,731
Number of Americans remaining to file for payments 450,000 to 650,000 250,000 to 449,999 100,000 to 249,000 25,000 to 99,999 0 to 24,999
$1,685,319,300
Top 10 cities in the nation with unclaimed payments*
New York Chicago Philadelphia Los Angeles Houston San Antonio Detroit Phoenix Las Vegas Dallas 60,821 48,063 43,055 42,238 26,602 26,098 23,700 23,036 22,299 204,567
*A list of the top 100 cities is available at www.cbpp.org
Number of Americans remaining to file for payments, by state
Total value
California New York Texas Florida Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois North Carolina Georgia New Jersey Michigan Massachusetts Virginia Tennessee Arizona Washington Missouri Alabama Louisiana Maryland Indiana Kentucky South Carolina Oregon Oklahoma Wisconsin 615,135 439,654 414,482 405,968 244,557 226,643 210,472 177,320 167,264 156,768 154,611 151,154 123,996 123,031 116,860 116,099 113,147 112,004 106,312 97,138 92,472 91,661 88,661 79,999 79,553 77,354 $184,540,500 $131,896,200 $124,344,600 $121,790,400 $73,367,100 $67,992,900 $63,141,600 $53,196,000 $50,179,200 $47,030,400 $46,383,300 $45,346,200 $37,198,800 $36,909,300 $35,058,000 $34,829,700 $33,944,100 $33,601,200 $31,893,600 $29,141,400 $27,741,600 $27,498,300 $26,598,300 $23,999,700 $23,865,900 $23,206,200 Mississippi Arkansas Connecticut Minnesota Colorado West Virginia Iowa Nevada Kansas New Mexico Maine Utah Nebraska Hawaii Idaho New Hampshire Rhode Island Delaware Montana District of Columbia South Dakota Alaska North Dakota Vermont Wyoming Total 71,136 70,132 69,275 64,246 63,693 49,340 46,779 44,441 40,021 35,820 30,819 29,627 25,138 24,463 24,011 23,931 22,109 17,991 17,526 15,069 11,457 10,265 9,935 9,749 8,443 5,617,731
Total value
$21,340,800 $21,039,600 $20,782,500 $19,273,800 $19,107,900 $14,802,000 $14,033,700 $13,332,300 $12,006,300 $10,746,000 $9,245,700 $8,888,100 $7,541,400 $7,338,900 $7,203,300 $7,179,300 $6,632,700 $5,397,300 $5,257,800 $4,520,700 $3,437,100 $3,079,500 $2,980,500 $2,924,700 $2,532,900 $1,685,319,300
IRS media contact: National Media Relations Office
Source: Internal Revenue Service
(202) 622 - 4000
For more information, contact the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at stimuluspayments2008@cbpp.org