What does Under Review mean on the Economic Stimulus Letter?

Question

I received my letter on June 4th and our refund was supposed to be sent no later than June 6th. We are supposed to get a paper check. There was nothing different with our taxes this year, same as normal and we didn't owe. I did however notice that there was a section called Under Review on the back of the letter. Under that section this is what it said "Your stimulus payment has been delayed for review. If you do not receive your stimulus payment or a notice explaining the delay within 60 days, call us at ......."

Did anyone else get that notice on their letter? I don't understand why it would be under review. The letter we received from the IRS has the exact amount on it that we expected to get back so I am unsure what the deal is.

Just curious to see if anyone else had this on their letters?

Thanks! :)

Answer 1

Do you owe any back taxes from a prior year, state or federal?

I would call them up. I wouldn't wait 60 days to get an answer. You might be on hold for a while, but atleast you'll get some more info.

Read this website, maybe it will help:

http://www.kitty.nu/2008/05/13/irs-stimu...

Answer 2

yes,it says under review for my spouse b/c he owes a debt,but for my brother's it doesn't say that on the back of his letter.

they do give you some reasons on the back of the letter why it's under review,well my husband's does,which we were aware of anyway.

Answer 3

Did you have any issues with your 2007 tax return or refund? There may be a question about the income you reported or the exemptions you claimed or something.  I would not call them for a least two more weeks so that the information on your return has a chance to get into the flow of the review process.

One of our clients had her tax refund held up for several weeks because they wanted a copy of her W-2.  She got the refund and the rebate on the same day.