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Dude, Where's My Stimulus?

  • May. 6th, 2008 at 1:20 PM
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Thanks to [info]xochitl42 who posted this handy link to "Where's My Stimulus Payment?" in the comments:

https://sa1.www4.irs.gov/irfof/IRServlet?app=IRACTC

This IS a legit link, I checked it out.

You can also go to http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=177937,00.html, scroll down to the header "Economic Stimulus Payment Calculator" and choose "Where's My Stimulus Payment?"

You need to have either your SSN or the SSN of the first person who's on the return, and the number of exceptions you claimed, which can be found on line 6d of your return.

Ours was reduced, WTF. Fantastic. (ETA: Apparently has something to do with our pre-tax amounts, buh something. Calling IRS.)

ETA: Called IRS. On hold to "Nutcracker Suite." Just now realizing the irony of that selection.
Testy person on the other end. Believes explaining means saying the same thing over and over as I try desperately to tease nuance from being told the same thing over and over.
It was a matter of asking the right question, which was, "WHAT tax credits I took affected the payment?"
Our Stimulus was reduced due to my business performing poorly and the write-offs I took. 

I really hate this week. Hard.

Comments

[info]tamidon wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 08:24 pm (UTC)
we got ours, direct deposited, last week
[info]divalea wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 08:25 pm (UTC)
Do you have any idea how long it took from transmission to it showing up at your bank?
[info]tamidon wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 08:28 pm (UTC)
it was there thursday mornig,dunno much beyond that, but I wasn't expecting it till the 5th
[info]nagaina_ryuuoh wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 08:27 pm (UTC)
Right there with ya. We should have had ours on Friday but still nothing.
[info]mattg wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 08:34 pm (UTC)
I'm in the same boat.

We e-filed through TurboTax, though, and I'm wondering if that's the difference. We had our refund direct-deposited, but it came through Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, not directly from the IRS.
[info]rowandoll wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 08:38 pm (UTC)
That means you're getting a paper check, under the paper check schedule. I did the same, and had to do some research to find out what was up.

It's a shame, because with direct deposit, I was scheduled for the 9th, now I'm set to receive it by June 26th, *sigh*
[info]xochitl42 wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 08:39 pm (UTC)
I don't know if it's at all helpful, but the IRS has a Stimulus Payment Tracker. I'm low on the transmission list, so I'm not epxecting anything till the latter half of May.

Good luck!
[info]divalea wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 08:53 pm (UTC)
Helpful!
For whatever reason, not only is ours not due to be transmitted until FRIDAY, but it was REDUCED.

Motherfucker. I think I hate this week much hard.
[info]xochitl42 wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 08:55 pm (UTC)
?! Reduced? What bullshit. I'm so sorry. :(
[info]jauncourt wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:38 pm (UTC)
Ours was "reduced" from the possible 1800 because I reported to little income last year (I had about 150 reportable, since I'm a stay-at-home mom who had ZERO time to freelance last year). I, personally, got no stim payment.

However, I can't wrap my head around divalea getting one reduced. WTF.
[info]divalea wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 10:05 pm (UTC)
I didn't make very much last year due to fire recovery and a lack of freelance work.

There's a reason I do webcomics: looking for freelance work is fucking demoralizing.
[info]wintersweet wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:04 pm (UTC)
I keep trying to check that site, because since we did direct deposit and C.'s SSN ends in a small number, we should have gotten ours on Friday--but there's nothing AND that site says "Uh ... No information for YOU!" I have no idea what's up.

Yours was REDUCED? What the hell?
[info]divalea wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:07 pm (UTC)
It kind of fits the general malaise of the week.

Post-con fatique, coming home to a truly douche-y post at another site, the divorce issues, a lack of money because of douche-y IRS, bank and Enterprise Rent-a-Car.

It just sucks so globally it's breathtaking.
[info]wintersweet wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:10 pm (UTC)
Ah, that's too much crap to deal with. My week hasn't sucked on so global a scale, but it was bad enough that yesterday I burst into tears when someone honked at me (instead of my usual either middle finger or cheery grin and wave :P).
[info]bookiekat wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:20 pm (UTC)
Last week was my totally suck-y week. It was kind of weird, because nothing actually directly affected me the way yours has done. However, definitely bad all around.

Sending good wishes for much better times ...
[info]txtriffidranch wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:21 pm (UTC)
A douchy post at another site? Do you need your boothbunny to choke a Cat Piss Man?
[info]divalea wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:37 pm (UTC)
No, but a special someone is being moved to the Watch List.
[info]divalea wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:38 pm (UTC)
And you know what? It was AWESOME to see you so enthused and in your element. As your friend, it made me giddily happy!
[info]txtriffidranch wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 10:00 pm (UTC)
You know, you're the fifth person who's either told me or the Czarina about how much happier I am now than when I was writing. I think I just might have to stick with the plants, eh?
[info]divalea wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 10:03 pm (UTC)
If you go back to writing, I will know you have given up on life.

Me, I'm so glad for webcomics, it's almost orgasmic. While there are still many total douchebags in webcomics, you don't have to deal with them to make webcomics or a living from same.
[info]doronjosama wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:04 pm (UTC)
Reduced?! UGH! Why on earth would they do that?

Mine was always going to be small. :( But right now, every penny helps.
[info]lois2037 wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 10:09 pm (UTC)
SUCKS!!!! But, of course, we knew that they are not going to give over money to people who might actually need it! :- (

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