More Than 25,000 in Nebraska 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:
25,138
TOTAL UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS:
$7,541,400
Among the top 100 cities nationwide with unclaimed payments
Number of Nebraskans remaining to file for payments, by county 0 to 499 3,000 to 7,000 500 to 2,999
Omaha: 6,357
Number of Nebraskans remaining to file for payments, by county (top 20 counties)
Counties among the top 200 nationwide with unclaimed payments
Total value Douglas Lancaster Sarpy Scotts Bluff Hall Gage Buffalo Lincoln Dodge Madison 1,034 933 921 647 578 568 562 520 3,079 6,456 $1,936,800 $923,700 $310,200 $279,900 $276,300 $194,100 $173,400 $170,400 $168,600 $156,000 Adams Platte Dawson Cass Saunders Holt Dakota Otoe Washington Custer 508 394 344 320 300 278 265 247 247 243 Total value $152,400 $118,200 $103,200 $96,000 $90,000 $83,400 $79,500 $74,100 $74,100 $72,900
IRS media contact: Christopher Miller
Source: Internal Revenue Service
414-231-2828
For more information, contact the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at stimuluspayments2008@cbpp.org