More Than 400,000 in Florida 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.
REMAINING TO FILE:
405,968
TOTAL UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS:
$121,790,400
Cities in the top 100 nationwide with unclaimed payments
Miami-Dade Fort Lauderdale Jacksonville Tampa Orlando Miami Saint Petersburg Hollywood Pompano Beach West Palm Beach Ocala Pensacola Hialeah Sarasota Lakeland 21,898 17,688 15,878 14,662 14,154 13,081 11,605 8,764 8,377 6,069 5,908 5,887 5,389 5,070 4,955
Number of Floridians remaining to file for payments, by county 40,000 to 50,000 20,000 to 39,000 7,500 to 19,999 1,000 to 7,499 0 to 999
Number of Floridians remaining to file for payments, by county (top 20 counties)
Counties among the top 200 nationwide with unclaimed payments
Total value Miami-Dade Broward Palm Beach Pinellas Hillsborough Orange Duval Volusia Polk Brevard 27,477 27,095 22,914 18,963 16,597 13,868 13,623 12,931 48,537 38,693 $14,561,100 $11,607,900 $8,243,100 $8,128,500 $6,874,200 $5,688,900 $4,979,100 $4,160,400 $4,086,900 $3,879,300 Pasco Lee Marion Sarasota Seminole Lake Manatee Escambia St. Lucie Alachua 12,664 11,045 10,143 9,220 7,288 7,286 6,989 6,696 6,062 4,954 Total value $3,799,200 $3,313,500 $3,042,900 $2,766,000 $2,186,400 $2,185,800 $2,096,700 $2,008,800 $1,818,600 $1,486,200
IRS media contact: Mike Dobzinski
Source: Internal Revenue Service
954-423-7640
For more information, contact the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at stimuluspayments2008@cbpp.org