Almost 80,000 in Oklahoma 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:
79,553
TOTAL UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS:
$23,865,900
Number of Oklahomans remaining to file for payments, by county 10,000 to 15,000 3,000 to 9,999 1,000 to 2,999 0 to 999
Cities in the top 100 nationwide with unclaimed payments
Oklahoma City Tulsa 11,937 8,782
Number of Oklahomans remaining to file for payments, by county (top 20 counties)
Counties among the top 200 nationwide with unclaimed payments
Total value Oklahoma Tulsa Cleveland Comanche Muskogee Osage Rogers Creek Pottawatomie Le Flore 3,302 2,178 2,054 1,955 1,894 1,750 1,608 1,466 13,362 10,895 $4,008,600 $3,268,500 $990,600 $653,400 $616,200 $586,500 $568,200 $525,000 $482,400 $439,800 Carter Garfield Stephens Canadian Bryan Pittsburg Wagoner Sequoyah Payne Delaware 1,378 1,365 1,325 1,302 1,259 1,238 1,172 1,120 1,109 1,102 Total value $413,400 $409,500 $397,500 $390,600 $377,700 $371,400 $351,600 $336,000 $332,700 $330,600
IRS media contact: David Stell
Source: Internal Revenue Service
405-297-4444
For more information, contact the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at stimuluspayments2008@cbpp.org