AARP assists with stimulus payment

The local AARP Chapter will sponsor a Day of Service from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 8 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the AARP Tax-Aide program.
The Koochiching County Tax-Aide group will be available at the Senior Citizen Center on Fourth Street (across from Bremer bank) to help people of all ages file for their government stimulus payment and for the Minnesota Property Tax refunds (for both renters and homeowners).
Meanwhile, those long-promised tax rebates are now on their way to U.S. taxpayers.
People who chose to have their rebates directly deposited into their bank accounts could already see the money there. Direct deposited rebates may have been deposited Monday. The government’s paper checks will start going out on May 9, a week earlier than previously announced.
The extra cash is part of the economic stimulus package intended to help Americans cope with rising gasoline and food prices, as well as aid a slumping economy. The IRS says all checks for those who filed tax returns on time are scheduled to be deposited or mailed by July 11.
President Bush announced last week that the rebates would go out a bit earlier than expected.