$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Cali refund + fed refund - amt owed on last year's late filing = $6K all in joint acct for furniture & groceries prob. No $600 rebate tho.

digital slr, thank you very much.

come onnnnnnnnnnn, iRS

yeah seriously! my cc payment was due today and i kind of just assumed i would have it by now so i paid too much.

My tax guy didn't have my back. I wasn't getting a refund this year, and he didn't ask my banking details for the $600 to be direct deposited, so I have to wait for the check next month. I had about five other reasons to start looking for a new tax guy anyway.

If filing or preparation fees were deducted from your 2007 Refund or you received a rapid refund, you will be receiving a check instead of a direct deposit. Please see the Paper Check section of the Payment Schedule.

would this apply if you filed through turbotax or something? they didn't deduct fees from my refund, i just used them to free efile...

this is so frustrating, i keep getting this message from https://sa2.www4.irs.gov/irfof/IRServlet?app=IRACTC

We are sorry. Specific information about your Stimulus Payment is not available.
Possible reasons include:

* Your payment may still be coming, but has not yet been sent. Information will be available here as payments are sent based on the last two digits of the primary SSN shown on your 2007 tax return. Specific information about your Stimulus Payment will not be available until about one week before your payment is scheduled to be sent. See the complete Payment Schedule below for more information.

* Filing and/or preparation fees were deducted from your refund or you received a rapid refund from your preparer. You will be receiving a check instead of a direct deposit. Please see the Paper Check Payment Schedule below.

* You did not file a tax return for 2007 or your return is still being processed. Additional information about filing requirements is available.

* The information entered did not match our records. Be sure to check the information you entered. You may Re-Enter your information as necessary.

Remember, to qualify for the Stimulus Payment, you must meet the eligibility requirements. Please allow 6 weeks after filing your tax return before checking on the status of your Stimulus Payment.

Please note, our phone representatives will not have more information about your payment than is shown on this website.

Carbondale, IL here I come.

My Bloody Valentine + Amtrak to Chicago

mine will apparently be arriving on the 4th of july. america. a place for americans.

purple mountains

srsly what the fuck does that even mean

fuck because i filed through turbotax they are mailing the check and not direct depositing it. which means it will probably never show up at my house since the mail dude likes to not deliver my mail for weeks at a time and about half of the stuff i am supposed to get in the mail gets lost (still never seen grandma's birthday card or my dental insurance card! yes i have complained about this a lot) whatta country.

same thing happened to me. in fact, my efile through turbotax screwed up my direct deposits for some reason for my returns (bank rejected them, don't know why). new check ain't coming until midsummer. i am so broke!

the weird thing is that my efile was free so nothing was deducted out of the amount. this makes no sense:
Filing and/or preparation fees were deducted from your refund or you received a rapid refund from your preparer. You will be receiving a check instead of a direct deposit. Please see the Paper Check Payment Schedule below.

the state file was like $30 or something but i paid it with my credit card? so what the fuck irs.

That's weird Bell - I efiled w/ Turbotax (cost me like $15 I think, I do business taxes and stuff) and mine's supposed to be deposited today.

And lo, there it is - in an account I was supposed to close out a few months ago due to identity theft issues. Yay for procrastination.

weird! i don't know what is going on then, i just assumed that was the problem since from the laundry list of reasons it seemed the most likely. OF COURSE i can't get any actual explanation.

did you call the 800 number?

no the
Please note, our phone representatives will not have more information about your payment than is shown on this website.

deterred me from trying to call them.

oh, my message was different - it actually suggested calling. i didn't read the entire list of points in the message you quoted.

fuck because i filed through turbotax they are mailing the check and not direct depositing it. which means it will probably never show up at my house since the mail dude likes to not deliver my mail for weeks at a time

strange that we live a thousand miles from each other yet seem to have the same mail carrier.

I thought it was also interesting that we are supposed to save the form that tells how much we get "as you will need it for your 2008 tax return".

it sucks! i didn't receive any mail at all for over a week and spent hours trying to get ahold of someone at the post office. it turns out the mailman "misplaced" our key. right.

it turns out the mailman "misplaced" our key. right.

we don't even have a key! all the mail for the three apartments just gets shoved in a mail slot. unless it's too big (like say, a 7" mailer or an lp) in which case he just leaves it on the steps where it's usually stolen.

also, we don't get mail delivery on saturdays.

i had my piano tuned and had some minor maintenance performed on it.

it sounds so great now!

haha http://www.howispentmystimulus.com/

“I used my $600 to bail myself out of prison, along with $6900 more.”

Nick, 28, Welder
Ephrata, PA

I got A LETTER yesterday saying my check is coming by FRIDAY. How efficient.

I bought a guitar amp with my tax refund, no idea what I'm gonna do with this six hundo yet. :\

i'm pretty sure i'm never getting my money ;_;

if you really think that it's been sent, report it stolen. the irs sucks, but they'll do something about it. al had to do that with his tax return this year.

I got A LETTER yesterday saying my check is coming by FRIDAY. How efficient.

-- Dr Morbius, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:41 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Yeh, I got one yesterday saying the same thing. While it does seem silly, and I am eager to mock inefficiencies, I think it's meant to be a safeguard against stolen or lost checks.

uh i got that letter on may 12, saying i would have my check by may 16. i still don't have the check. i called the irs yesterday about a different issue and they said they were mailing our check this friday and we should have it within two weeks. the point being, don't put too much credence in what that letter says

god we're getting a paper check and our last ssn numbers are SO HIGH. all the way to july for us:(

although i strongly suspect if i got that check today id be saying in july something along the lines of i wish we were getting a $1500 check this month

So I owed the USG money. They sent me a bill w/ a 1% late fee attached since I was stupid enough not to pay when I originally filed. I sent them a check. They cashed it. Then I get my stimulus check a few weeks later (a week after I got my COMING FRIDAY teaser) w/ the amount I owed deducted. WHAT THE FUCK GEORGE.

Where's the bank bitching thread, as predicted I want to bitch about Citibank.

A Thread on American Banking Options That Don't Suck a Caribou's Ass

indeed, mmm caribou arse

Yeah, ours had our final tax bill deducted too. I don't see how last year's taxes and this year's bribe have anything to do with each other!

RAAAAAAARRRRRWWW

I'm still waiting!

You and me both.

and my soc. ends in 20

I got mine of Tuesday, but I'd already spent most of it in pre-windfall anticapation.

^ true American

I'm tempted to actuall call the IRS (HA) about this, but given I owed last year, maybe now we'll be square for next year. Tho thinking about calling reminds of those halcyon pre-911 days when my then-roommate would light up a joint and call the IRS to bitch about how the income tax was unconstitutional and then not give supermarkets his personal info when signing up for a frequent shoppers' card and got one under the name LYSANDER SPOONER.

I'M STILL WAITING!!!! and after last weekends shennanigans i really need it. there are records to buy and shows to see and drugs to score and beers to drink.

and i should probably get some groceries at some point.

kevin otm; I got mine and am using to pay off my secured credit card so i can take back the money from the secured account

if i miss this simply saucer show i'm gonna be pissed.

finally received letter saying i'll receive the check on the 20th... we'll see how that goes