CA Inflation Relief Check Payments: State Releases New Timeline

CALIFORNIA — More than 7 million Californians have already received inflation relief payments, according to the state. But there are many more who were still waiting to see the extra financial boost as of Thursday.

Payments have been sent out in batches since early October, but a change announced this week to the timeline may affect when you get yours.

The Middle Class Tax Refund, which comes in the form of a one-time direct payment, ranges from $200 to $1,050. The money is sent via direct deposit or debit cards in the mail. Payments have been sent according to the total amount and a person's last name.

On Monday, the state's Franchise Tax Board announced more dates for future rounds of payments, which will be mailed out in early December.

When you get paid depends on a few factors — your last name, whether or not you received a Golden State Stimulus last year and how you received your state tax refund for taxes filed in 2020.

Here's the new timeline of when payments will be sent out:

• Last name beginning with A – E - Oct. 24 - Nov. 5
• Last name beginning with F – M - Nov. 6 - Nov. 19
• Last name beginning with N – V - Nov. 20 - Dec. 3
• Last name beginning with W – Z - Dec. 4 - Dec. 10
• Non-GSS recipients (last names A-K) - Dec. 5 - Dec. 17
• Non-GSS recipients (last names L - Z) TBA after Nov. 21
• Direct deposit recipients who have changed their banking information since filing their 2020 tax return - Dec. 17 through Jan. 14, 2023.

To date, the state has sent 6,039,910 direct deposits and 1,602,308 debit cards. About $4,106,762,900 in payments have been paid by the state, according to the Franchise Tax Board.

In total, the Middle Class Tax Refund has paid 13,842,135 California taxpayers and their dependents, the board said.

Estimate how much you might get here.

The state's Middle-Class Tax Refund — which was approved as part of a 2022-2023 state budget surplus — is expected to hand out payments to more than 20 million Californians.

The funds will continue hitting bank accounts between October and January 2023. Payments will be issued either on a debit card or through direct deposit. Those who filed their taxes online can expect a direct deposit.

Under Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal, the state is sending out an estimated $9.5 billion to Golden Staters. The rebate was made possible by another historic state budget surplus.

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Who Is Getting A Rebate?

To receive this rebate, residents must have completed a 2020 California tax return by Oct. 15, 2021. Recipients must have been a California resident for six months or more during the 2020 tax year and must be a resident on the date that payment is issued.

Recipients also must not have been eligible to be claimed as a dependent in the 2020 tax year.

Determine your eligibility here.

How Much Will I Get?

Single filers who make under $75,000 per year will get $350, joint filers with a combined income of under $150,000 will get $350 each and those with dependents will also receive an additional $350.

Anyone who makes more than $125,000 but less than $250,000 individually will be given $200. Another $200 will be given for any dependents.

Payments will not be given to single filers who make more than $250,000 a year or to joint filers who make more than $500,000.