A $500 refund will be mailed to all income-eligible New Jersey individuals and families under the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) Direct Assistance Program, who were not eligible for federal stimulus payments and file taxes using an ITIN.
Eligible individuals do not need to apply for this benefit.
If a person’s tax filing meets the eligibility requirements, they will automatically be mailed a check from the State of New Jersey later this month.
The checks will be sent to the address used by the individual when they filed their 2021 taxes.
Eligible residents can expect one-time financial support of up to $500 for each household member who has an ITIN and is listed on the resident’s tax return.
Because this is a one-time benefit, it will not be considered under the public charge rule nor impact eligibility for public benefit programs, such as Medicaid, SNAP or TANF.
It is estimated that the program will provide assistance to over 68,000 households.
A person is eligible if they filed a New Jersey income tax return in 2021 using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) and their household income is below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level, according to the following guidelines
Eligible households will receive $500 for every ITIN holder listed on the tax return. For example, if a married couple files a tax return jointly and claims two dependents, and all four of them have ITINs, they will receive a total of $2,000.
The Department of the Treasury is in the process of sending letters to individuals who did not file a New Jersey tax return for 2021, but may still be eligible for the payment based on their 2020 income tax return.
These individuals can still file a 2021 return here if they have not done so already and a payment will be calculated automatically for eligible ITIN holders after they have filed.
They must file by April 15, 2023 in order to be eligible for this benefit.
The ITIN Direct Assistance Program is funded with American Rescue Plan dollars authorized in the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.
I don’t know what is going on with the IRS but it’s a shame that they have so many people waiting on 2021 tax returns and it’s almost December and heading into a new tax season. This is sad and it doesn’t say much about the IRS. Just my opinion…
Say that again I’m still waiting
Your opinion is important,I learned in my government/civics class ,I was taught they are public servants who are serving us citizens of these United States , unfortunately once people are voted and hired in they follow orders from people who don’t worry about bread or toilet paper to wipe their butt or they assume it’s their money and they will do all that’s possible to not let you have it.im confused .One thing is for sure when humans begin to manipulate other humans to feel power That our Lord of Lord only Holds ,I pray that when they climb to the top of that self-foefilling mountain Big Foot and E.T. Jump out and take their Holloween Candy,that’s my opinion as a citizen of These United States . Publicly if I had the opportunity to speak in front of millions of people I would say the same thing and I wouldn’t be afraid thanks for listening listening I am a soldier of the Lord, James
I don’t belong to any organization I’m just a human being trying to live on this Earth and I am a soldier of the Lord to take it for what it’s worth I’m not promoting any group and I’m not badgering our government I’m just calling it like I see it thank you
That is so true. I have not received nor heard anything about my taxes for 2021. I can’t get in touch with anyone at the IRS and that’s is ridiculous. I’m still waiting on the refund we supposedly been got. Haven’t seen that yet either. Sad, sad, sad.
Hello,My Name is Jamie-Lynn Mclinden and I did not receive any of my back pay nor any refund at all that I did online months ago,I was an extremely awful,and almost unbelievable victim of idenity theft and/Fraud
I find that the IRS is extremely quick to rectify outstanding balances.
Oh… because I always end up owing them more…
My name is Steven Michael Pearson birthday 12/12/63 I did my 2021 taxes myself through a free text service on my smartphone they told me IRS said that since I didn’t get either one of the first two stimulus that I was going to be awarded 1800 that’s over a year ago I’ve never gotten a stimulus check I was frauded my EDD about $12,000 I didn’t get to you three thousand dollars in the 15 but someone stole $12,000 of it I cannot seem to get any medicine it’s pathetic now my legs are
I’m sorry to hear that my boyfriend & I aren’t the only ones fighting to prove our identities ! We we’re both laid off during the pandemic, so unemployment was our only source of income. It took 9 months to receive mine, however my boyfriend wasn’t so lucky. Someone else fraudulently received his UI benefits & do you know he’s still trying to prove his
identity !! He didn’t receive any of the stimulus checks & don’t even get me started on our tax returns. Shame on you, IRS & EDD !! How come the person that got my boyfriend’s unemployment benefits didn’t have to prove who they were ??!! From the mouth of Bekkah Wyant & Rayon Ramsey
WOW!!!!!!!!!BLESS IT !!!!!!!!! I KNOW OF A VERY CLOSE FRIEND AND MY SON AS WELL THAT THE VERY SAME THING HAPPENED TO !!!!!!!! AND AS YOU SAID, THE THEIF HAS YET HAD TO PROVE WHO HE SAID HE WAS !!!!!!! HE NOT ONLY COLLECTED UNEMPLOYMENT FRAUDULENTLY OFF OF ONE PERSON, BUT 4 DIFFERENT PEOPLE !!!!!!! I WANT YOU TO KNOW !!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST WONDER …..HOW DO THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT ? LIVE WITH THEMSELVES? OR LOOK AT THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR?????
My husband filed jointly somehow was able to get the pin number to my SS#
SIGNED MY NAME RECIEVED THE TAX MONEY AND USED IT TO BUY A USED CAR AND LEFT THE STATE…ALL WITH THE HELP OF H&R BLOCK WEVE BEEN SEPARATED SINCE 2018 BECAUSE OF THAT I COULDN’T GET A DIME OF STIMULUS MONEY OR 2021 TAX MONEY EITHER FOR THAT MATTER
WHAT CAN I DO???
I wasn’t able to file taxes last year due to being ran over as a pedestrian, my husband abandoned me and filed I don’t know how he filed but we owned a business and I don’t know how to file this year but I feel he claimed a loss and took the money owed to us both because COVID closed our business what do I do?
What about Senior Citizens? We are on fixed incomes. We need help like everyone else. It seems like everyone else is getting help but us. Instead of giving this money to people who are not citizens, the help should be going to citizens first.