Do You Need to Pay Tax for Your 2022 Stimulus Check Payments?

The federal government did not issue another wave of stimulus check payments in 2022. However, some states imposed their own financial relief payments to eligible residents to offset the effects of inflation.

Inflation relief check payments were issued in 17 states last year, including California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, New Mexico, and South Carolina, among others.

In 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom allotted a $286 billion budget proposal for the budget year.

According to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, school teachers in the state also receive a stimulus payment of up to $1,000.

DeSantis also allocated $600 million to raise minimum teacher salaries from $40,000 to $47,500.

Stimulus Check Tax

It is possible that some recipients of stimulus checks will end up having to pay taxes on the money they receive. The states that released payments are reporting the distributed money as income.

The California Franchise Tax Board decided it would report the middle-class refunds to the Internal Revenue Service if the payments were valued at over $600.

California payments were exempted from state income tax, but the money could still be considered income by the IRS.

To determine if your state stimulus check is taxable, watch the mail to see if you receive a 1099-MISC form.

The tax reforms are issued if you earn miscellaneous income valued at $600 or more. If your state sends one of these, it means you must report your stimulus money on your federal tax return.

Most of the 1099-MISC forms have to be postmarked by January 31, 2023. Eligible stimulus check recipients can expect the forms to arrive within the next few weeks.

As a general rule, the IRS does not consider stimulus payments to be taxable income if they are under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the 2021 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, or the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP)

Stimulus Check Payments

Nineteen states have approved legislation to get tax rebates distributed to their residents, such as Alaska, with its residents eligible to receive an annual payment worth $3,200 under the state's Permanent Dividend Program.

In California, payments started being distributed in October, with around 23 million Golden States residents eligible for these payments.

People who make $75,000 or less will get a one-time payment of $350, while couples filing jointly will receive $700 if they make no more than $150,000 annually.

Colorado also sent rebates of $750 to individual tax filers and $1,500 to joint filers. Some Florida households also distributed a one-time payment of $450 per child as part of Hope Florida.

Oregon sent direct payments of $600 to some residents, with more than 236,000 households estimated to have received a payment. All payments in Oregon were sent by direct deposit or mailed check by July 2022.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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