More Than 10,000 in Alaska 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.
Number of Alaskans remaining to file for payments, by county 500 to 3,907 158 to 499 110 to 157 15 to 109 0 to 14
REMAINING TO FILE:
10,265
TOTAL UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS:
$3,079,500
Number of Alaskans remaining to file for payments, by county (top 20 counties)
Total value Anchorage Borough Matanuska-Susitna Borough Fairbanks-North Star Borough Kenai Peninsula Borough Juneau Borough Bethel Census Area Ketchikan Gateway Borough Nome Census Area Wade Hampton Census Area Northwest Arctic Borough 1,185 1,059 946 505 261 247 214 199 169 3,898 $1,169,400 $355,500 $317,700 $283,800 $151,500 $78,300 $74,100 $64,200 $59,700 $50,700 Prince Of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Valdez-Cordova Census Area Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Southeast Fairbanks Census Area Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area North Slope Borough Sitka Borough Kodiak Island Borough Dillingham Census Area Haines Borough 166 159 145 134 133 117 117 115 101 52 Total value $49,800 $47,700 $43,500 $40,200 $39,900 $35,100 $35,100 $34,500 $30,300 $15,600
IRS media contact: Judy Monahan
Source: Internal Revenue Service
206-220-5782
For more information, contact the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at stimuluspayments2008@cbpp.org