Category: Government Rebates and Payments

The Child Tax Credit (CTC) has see significant changes over the last few years, including recently under Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). While the credit amount has been increasing, additional eligibility requirements like the claiming taxpayer and child having a valid Social Security number have also been introduced. See…

It's no surprise that the high volume of pandemic-related unemployment benefit inquiries has overwhelmed some states’ call centers and websites, leading to delays and thousands stuck in limbo with the status of their claim and no idea when they will get their current and past benefits. Some are waiting on…

Recently published a video on YouTube looking at the challenges millions of PUA claimants are having around getting access to the eleven week extension of benefits (and supplementary $300 payment) under the latest COVID Relief Bill. The comments I got were confirmation of how widespread the issue was and its…

[May 2022 Update] De-ja-vu. AMC and GameStop stocks are back in the news. As of writing both are up over 15% intraday, off record lows and multiple halts. Are we seeing another meme stock frenzy in the midst of one of the worst stock market downturns in recent times? And…

Update following Biden Extensions to Unemployment Benefits With Enhanced unemployment extension rules under the Biden Stimulus plan now drafted in legislation, it was good to see minimal changes to the PUA and PEUC programs, other than extending them by 24 weeks to the end of August 2021. The FPUC amount…

[Updated with new IRS tool] The IRS has finally released their updated tool for non-filers to register for the soon to be paid Advance Child Tax Credit payments (see schedule here). Individuals and families who are not required to file a 2020 tax return or have not used this tool…

The IRS has now provided instructions to help people claim missing stimulus check for themselves and their dependents. If you haven't got your missing stimulus payment (economic impact payment) for yourself or your dependents by the start of 2022 the IRS is recommending claiming the payments as recovery rebate credits…

The Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) administers the states Unemployment Insurance (UI) program and maintains the IT programs/systems and verification process for filing and paying unemployment insurance claims. How Much Unemployment Can I Get? With the expiry the pandemic unemployment programs, only traditional/regular state unemployment is available for full or…

The past few years were unique and difficult year for many reasons. One group in particular was hit hard - American workers, especially those who lost their jobs directly or indirectly due to COVID. Fortunately the government acted and put in several enhanced benefit programs to provide unemployment benefits and…

The Arkansas Division of Workforce Services (ADWS) administers Arkansas’ Unemployment Insurance (UI) program and provides unemployment insurance benefits to those eligible, and maintains the IT programs/systems for filing unemployment insurance claims and fraud detection. This also includes management and payment of the federally funded enhanced benefit programs - PUA, PEUC…

I have noticed several comments and the mixed messages people are receiving from state unemployment agencies saying that they have rolled out the new weekly $300 FPUC payment, but yet many claimants won't get this payment for several weeks! Especially those who exhausted there benefits before the new extensions were…

There has been a lot of debate over the last few months on if another stimulus check payment will be made in 2022 or even in 2023 as the economy worsens and inflation takes a heavy toll on household budgets. You can see past updates below on the various stimulus…

The IRS has stopped making catch-up or retroactive stimulus payments for individual adults and their dependents. Eligible tax tax filers who didn't get the full amount of the third Economic Impact Payments for themselves or their dependents (existing and new) must file a 2021 tax return – even if you…