Posted at 10:40 a.m., Tuesday, June 12, 2001
Taxpayers to receive relief check in mail soon
• When you can expect your check
By Mike Gordon
Advertiser Staff Writer
In just a few weeks, your tax-relief check will be in the mail. That's a government promise.
Hawai'i taxpayers will start receiving checks of up to $600 beginning the week of July 23,
said Internal Revenue Service spokeswoman Shawn George. The money, which will total $172 million for the state, is part of the federal Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, which directs the U.S. Treasury to make advance payments of the 2001 tax credit.
The Internal Revenue Service will let taxpayers know by mid-July the amount they will receive. Taxpayers will receive a letter telling them the amount and the approximate date the letter will arrive by mail. They are advised to keep the letter, George said.
Single taxpayers who paid federal income taxes in 2000 could receive up to $300, household heads as much as $500 and married couples with a joint return up to $600, George said.
The last two digits of your Social Security number determines when your advance payment will be mailed. For example, if your last two digits are 00-09, your check will be mailed the week of July 23, the first week checks will go out.
Other than filing a 2000 tax return, taxpayers do not need to do anything to receive the check. The IRS wants to make the process as simple as possible. If you have moved, you need to file a change of address form with the U.S. Postal Service.
"All you need to do is open your mailbox. We'll take care of everything else," said IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti. Check to be mailed the week of July 23 July 30 Aug. 6 Aug. 13 Aug. 20 Aug. 27 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24
Expected date when check sent
Advance payment checks for Hawai'i residents will be mailed beginning in late July. The schedule for payments is based on the last two digits of your Social Security number.
Last two digits of your Social Security number
00-09
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
80-89
90-99
