Who will receive $ 1,200 with the Californian stimulus check and who will receive $ 600?

The Golden State’s economic aid goes to 5.7 million low-income households after many of them were left out of Federal one-time payments

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It is expected that this April the first stimulus checks for COVID- will begin to arrive 19 from California , which will help with $ 1, 200 dollars or with $ 600 dollars to 5.7 million low-income families in the Golden State . These include, contrary to what has happened with federal aid , to undocumented people and others who file their taxes with a taxpayer identification number ( ITIN .

But what does it depend on if a person receives $ 1, 200 dollars instead of $ 600 Dollars?

Recipients of state financial aid

The Golden State Check (or stimulus check of the golden state), as it is officially known) is aimed at two groups of residents in California:

1. California Earned Income Tax Credit Beneficiaries ( CalEITC), people who earn less $ 30, 000 Dollars. An estimated 3.8 million people in the state are eligible for this benefit.

2. Immigrants and other taxpayers who do not have a social security number (SSN) but who file taxes with their ITIN and earn per year less than $ 75, 000 Dollars. To this group belong some 350, 000 undocumented workers , according to Univision 34 .

Single payment amount Californian

The main requirement to be eligible for this check of stimulus is belong to one of the two previous groups , according to the General Directorate of Taxes of the state of California ( FTB .

However, there are those who are part of both and, therefore, will receive a payment of a total of $ 1, 200 Dollars. The California Earned Income Tax Credit provides $ 600 dollars to your beneficiaries. And the other $ 600 dollars will come specific payment to help deal with the economic havoc that the coronavirus pandemic has left on many low-income families.

People who receive CalEITC but do not file taxes with an ITIN will only receive the $ 600 Dollars for the credit. The same amount will reach those who do not have CalEITC but do file their tax returns with ITIN and their annual income is less than $ 75, 000 dollars.

In the case of marriages that make joint declarations , it is only necessary for one of the two to file their taxes with ITIN and that in total they earn $ 75, 000 dollars or less the check will arrive Californian stimulus of $ 798 dollars . They will receive another $ 600 dollars more ( that is, a total of $ 1, 200 dollars) if they are also CalEITC recipients.

Requirements for the California stimulus check

Eligible individuals for financial aid they must:

1. Have completed the tax return of 2020 .

two. Belong to one of the two groups (or both) mentioned in the previous section . People who enter both groups will receive $ 1, dollars.

3. Be resident in California the day the payment is issued.

4. Have been a resident of the Golden State for more than six months of the year 2020 .

5. Cannot be claimed as a dependent from someone else.