Nearly 70,000 in Connecticut 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:
69,275
TOTAL UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS:
Number of Connecticuters remaining to file for payments, by county 15,000 to 20,000 4,500 to 14,999 2,000 to 4,499 0 to 1,999
$20,782,500
Number of Connecticuters remaining to file for payments, by county
Counties among the top 200 nationwide with unclaimed payments
Total value Hartford New Haven Fairfield New London 4,931 19,130 18,543 15,596 $5,739,000 $5,562,900 $4,678,800 $1,479,300 Litchfield Middlesex Windham Tolland 3,744 3,052 2,398 1,878 Total value $1,123,200 $915,600 $719,400 $563,400
IRS media contact: Dianne Besunder
Source: Internal Revenue Service
212-719-6177
For more information, contact the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at stimuluspayments2008@cbpp.org