# Has anyone gotten the tax rebate (child) check yet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-the-tax-rebate-child-check-yet/192171>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 31, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-the-tax-rebate-child-check-yet/192171 "2003-07-31T17:10:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-the-tax-rebate-child-check-yet/192171/21 "2003-08-01T12:01:49Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \*  
> \*\*We got ours on Monday. **tarragon918** , are you sure its $400 per child? I thought it was only per family. Hopefully, I am wrong. \*\*

Yes, it’s $400 _per child._ We got ours, a check for $800 on Monday. It was immediately converted into new tires for my husband’s truck.

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-the-tax-rebate-child-check-yet/192171/22 "2003-08-01T15:16:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by InternetLegend \*  
> **Bingo! Because we calculate our payments by the newest tax code available, our “refund” is going to go into our tax account, to be sent right back to the the IRS in the coming quarter.**

So let me get this straight…If my buddy owes me ten dollars, I’m supposed to be happy with him when he comes up and tells me:

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> Have I got a deal for you! I’m going to give you two dollars RIGHT NOW! Just for being a great guy! Isn’t that great?!?! Oh, and by the way, I’m taking it out of the ten I owe you.

Am I missing something here?

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**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-the-tax-rebate-child-check-yet/192171/23 "2003-08-01T15:25:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by NurseCarmen \*  
> \*\*So let me get this straight…If my buddy owes me ten dollars, I’m supposed to be happy with him when he comes up and tells me: Am I missing something here? \*\*

Actually … the credit was $600/child; for 2003 it will be $1000/child, so if your buddy owed you ten dollars and he gave you four of them, yeah, that’s sort of what this is like! LOL See, it’s the $400 more that you will be getting on the 2003 return, if that makes any sense. As I previously noted, in snark mode, only the _Republicans_ could come up with something as convoluted as this!

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**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-the-tax-rebate-child-check-yet/192171/24 "2003-08-01T16:40:41Z")

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In a way I wish I could re-circulate some of this money since I’ve been off work and on half pay, but I think I would much rather get it in a larger lump at the end of the year.

I am kind of curious as to why we didn’t qualify last year, and why we probably won’t again this year though.  
Four children that we claim and living paycheck to paycheck has to count for something.

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