If you file your return on time and request that your federal income tax refund is directly deposited, the stimulus payments will directly go into your bank account by May 2 if the last two digits of your Social Security number are 00-20.
If the last two digits are 21-75, the date to remember is May 9.
If the last two digits are 76-99, you’d get that money by May 16.
But if you do not use direct deposit to get your federal income tax refund – or you are paying taxes owed when you file that 2007 return – you’re going to get your tax rebate check later. The rollout times are more complicated, too.
If your last two digits of your Social Security number are 00-09, you could expect that rebate check to be mailed by May 16.
It’s by May 23 if the last two digits are 10-18.
It’s May 30 if the digits are 19-25.
It’s June 6 if the digits are 26-38.
It’s June 13 if the digits are 39-51.
It’s June 20 if the digits are 52-63.
It’s June 27 if the digits are 64-75.
It’s July 4 if the digits are 76-87.
It’s by July 11 if the digits are 88 -99 and the person did not use direct deposit of a refund this year – or if you wrote a check to cover money owed for the 2007 tax year.