Stimulus check update: Here are six states sending direct payments worth up to $1,500 in 2023
Asher Notheis
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Many people are looking for financial help in 2023, and several states are issuing payments this year to lend a financial hand.
The help will likely be appreciated by those receiving it, as inflation in the United States unexpectedly rose to a 4.4% annual rate just last month. Some of these payments were expected to be sent earlier this year, while others were recently announced and are still awaiting to be sent out.
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Idaho
Residents of the Gem State are set to receive a tax rebate from their 2022 taxes, with the amount varying based on two factors. Recipients of this rebate will either receive $75 for every taxpayer and their dependent, or 12% of the amount reported on Form 40 (line 20), or Form 43 (line 42) for eligible service members, whichever amount is greater, according to the Idaho State Tax Commission.
New Mexico
Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced in April that the state will send tax rebates to residents who filed a 2021 New Mexico personal income tax return in mid-June. Single filers will get a rebate of $500, while married taxpayers filing jointly, heads of household, and surviving spouses will receive a rebate of $1,000, according to a statement from the governor.
“Prices for basic necessities continue to be high across the nation,” said Lujan Grisham. “Our state today is in a fantastic financial position, and it’s important to me that New Mexico’s families are sharing in that success.”
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program is for eligible state residents who are either 65 and older, widows or widowers 50 and older, and people with disabilities who are 18 and older. The income limit for this rebate is $35,000 a year for homeowners and $15,000 a year for renters.
The maximum standard rebate for those eligible for this payment is $650, though supplemental rebates for qualifying homeowners can increase their rebate to $975. Meanwhile, the lowest amount homeowners can receive from this rebate is $250, while the lowest amount for renters is $500.
California
The Golden State’s Middle Class Tax Refund has issued over $9 billion in its run. Payments for this program began in October 2022 and continued through 2023 on Feb. 14. The highest amount recipients received from this payment was $1,050, while the lowest one could receive was $200, according to the California Franchise Tax Board.
Recipients had to have met several eligibility requirements to receive this payment, including filing their 2020 tax return by Oct. 15, 2021, being a California resident for at least six months during the 2020 tax year, and not being claimed as a dependent during said tax year.
Those who believe they may have been eligible for this refund but never received a payment can contact the tax board at 800-542-9332.
Maine
Maine’s Winter Energy Relief Payments are $450 direct checks sent to eligible state residents. The $450 payments are for individuals, while couples receive a payment of $900, according to Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’s office.
All payments from the Winter Energy Relief Payments were expected to be mailed by March 31, 2023. Those waiting for their payment can check the payment’s status online.
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New Jersey
New Jersey’s Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters program, or ANCHOR, paid homeowners who applied for the program $1,500 if their annual income is $150,000 or less or $1,000 if their annual income is between $150,001 and $250,000. Renters, meanwhile, were paid $450 as long as they made $150,000 or less annually.
Applications for this program were accepted until Feb. 28, and payments started getting sent out in May.
“This is money going right back into the pockets of roughly 2 million New Jersey middle-class and working homeowners, seniors, and tenants — households in which well more than half of all of our residents live,” Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) said in a statement. “For more than a million homeowners, ANCHOR’s direct relief will effectively undo years of property tax increases — even up to a decade’s worth. And for nearly 1 million renters, ANCHOR’s tenant relief will cushion rent hikes.”