Time running out to claim stimulus checks
New Yorkers have just a week left to claim more than 19,000 economic-stimulus checks (with an average amount of $579) that were returned to the Internal Revenue Service because of incorrect addresses. Taxpayers have until next Friday to update their address. By law, stimulus checks must be sent out by Dec. 31.
To check the status of a stimulus payment, use the “Where’s My Stimulus Payment?” tool on the IRS Web site or call the rebate hotline at 866-234-2942.
More than 8,500 regular refund checks have been returned to the IRS as undeliverable. Those checks are not subject to the Nov. 28 deadline for address updates and can be reissued at any time after a new address is provided.
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Stimulus rebates can still be claimed on Form 1040 for 2008. So the information provided is not completely accurate.