California stimulus check: $600 Covid payments are being sent to those who have filed their taxes
MILLIONS of California residents hoping to collect their “one-time” $600 or $1,200 Covid stimulus payments must file their taxes first.
While the first wave of 5.7million Golden State stimulus checks have already been cut and shipped to financially-strapped residents amid the coronavirus pandemic, many who have yet to file their taxes may be forced to wait for their pay day until they do.
For the early birds who filed their taxes before March 1 the checks were reportedly sent out after April 15, according to the FTB.
If you filed by last Saturday, checks were expected to be sent after May 1. From there it’s a 45-day window for direct deposit and two months to get a paper check.
As part of the $470million being doled out the state is permitting residents to use an individual taxpayer identification number to file their income taxes, according to .
Doing so grants access to the crucial cash to anyone qualified in the state who may lack a Social Security number and could be considered as an undocumented immigrant.
Many such immigrants were unable to collect any of last year's $1.9trillion Covid-19 stimulus bill,
Some of them may end up getting $1,200, instead of $600, according to KCRA.
The nation’s most populous state secured the emergency $7.6billion fiscal boost back in late February after the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the Golden State Stimulus bill and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed it into law.