More Than 160,000 in Georgia 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 Georgians remaining to file for payments, by county 7,500 to 16,000 4,000 to 7,499 1,500 to 3,999 750 to 1,499 0 to 749
REMAINING TO FILE:
167,264
TOTAL UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS:
$50,179,200
Cities in the top 100 nationwide with unclaimed payments
Atlanta Savannah 16,068 5,208
Number of Georgians remaining to file for payments, by county (top 20 counties)
Counties among the top 200 nationwide with unclaimed payments
Total value Fulton De Kalb Cobb Gwinnett Chatham Richmond Muscogee Clayton Bibb Hall 7,763 6,083 5,555 5,007 4,004 3,216 3,058 2,652 15,855 11,625 $4,756,500 $3,487,500 $2,328,900 $1,824,900 $1,666,500 $1,502,100 $1,201,200 $964,800 $917,400 $795,600 Cherokee Floyd Henry Carroll Dougherty Lowndes Whitfield Douglas Glynn Houston 2,552 2,389 2,358 2,294 2,256 1,957 1,957 1,855 1,842 1,776 Total value $765,600 $716,700 $707,400 $688,200 $676,800 $587,100 $587,100 $556,500 $552,600 $532,800
IRS media contact: Mark Green
Source: Internal Revenue Service
404-338-7886
For more information, contact the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at stimuluspayments2008@cbpp.org