California Inflation Relief Checks: When will you get yours? New dates for debit cards revealed

October 18, 2022 Bony Adnan Stimulus Check 0

When will you get your inflation relief check? California announces new dates for debit cards

On Monday, the state’s Franchise Tax Board released more information on when recipients can expect to get paid – but it isn’t straightforward.

While millions of Californians have started receiving their Middle-Class Tax Refund by direct deposit, many more are still waiting for the check to arrive.

As lawmakers have called them, the “inflation relief” payments range in size from $200 to $1,050. The roughly 23 million taxpayers who qualify will get the price by direct deposit or debit card, depending on how they filed taxes in 2020.

When you get paid

When you get paid depends on how you get paid. The first batch of payments, which have already started to be issued, is for people who received a Golden State Stimulus payment last year (either GSS I, GSS II, or both) via direct deposit. Those payments started on Oct. 7 and went through Oct. 25.

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When will you get your inflation relief check? California announces new dates for debit cards

The following people to get paid are those who received a Golden State Stimulus payment by debit card. This payment will also be sent by debit card in alphabetical order by last name.

If you were a GSS I or GSS II check recipient, see the chart below for more details on when your debit card with the Middle-Class Tax Refund will be mailed, according to the Franchise Tax Board:

Recipients Debit card mailing timeframe
GSS I or II check recipients (last name beginning with A – E) 10/24/2022 through 11/05/2022
GSS I or II check recipients (last name beginning with F – M) 11/06/2022 through 11/19/2022
GSS I or II check recipients (last name beginning with N – V) 11/20/2022 through 12/03/2022
GSS I or II check recipients (last name beginning with W – Z) 12/04/2022 through 12/10/2022

California is sending out the debit cards in partnership with Money Network. They’ll look like the photo below, the Franchise Tax Board says, and you’ll need to activate the card online once you get one in the mail.

(Courtesy California Franchise Tax Board)

Around the same time, the first batch of debit cards goes out; the state will begin issuing direct deposits to non-GSS recipients who filed taxes electronically in 2020 and received their tax refunds by direct deposit.

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The remaining eligible recipients will be paid between December 2022 and January 2023. The Franchise Tax Board is expected to announce more precise dates next month.

To summarize, here’s what we know about the timing of the MCTR (inflation relief payments) so far:

Direct deposit payments:

Recipients Payment issue date
GSS I or II direct deposit recipients 10/07/22 through 10/25/22
Non-GSS recipients who meet immediate deposit requirements 10/28/22 through 11/14/2022

Debit card payments:

Recipients Debit card mailing timeframe
GSS I or II check recipients (last name beginning with A – E) 10/24/2022 through 11/05/2022
GSS I or II check recipients (last name beginning with F – M) 11/06/2022 through 11/19/2022
GSS I or II check recipients (last name beginning with N – V) 11/20/2022 through 12/03/2022
GSS I or II check recipients (last name beginning with W – Z) 12/04/2022 through 12/10/2022
Non-GSS recipients (last name beginning with A – L) Will be announced after 11/07/2022
Non-GSS recipients (last name beginning with M – Z) Will be announced after 11/21/2022
Direct deposit recipients who have changed banking information since filing their 2020 tax return 12/17/2022 through 01/14/2023

The Franchise Tax Board expects to have issued about 8 million direct deposits and 10 million debit cards by early next year.

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