# Tax Rebates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-rebates/449053>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-rebates/449053 "2008-05-12T17:14:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-rebates/449053/1 "2008-05-12T17:14:52Z")

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Have folks’ received their tax rebates yet? I checked out the website and learned that with my hub’s SSN that they would start going out on the 9th of May. Haven’t got it yet.

Interested in knowing how quickly the direct deposit occurred for people.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-rebates/449053/2 "2008-05-12T18:02:00Z")

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There’s a thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466869).

But I mostly stopped by to say that it isn’t a tax rebate or prebate. It’s simply a payment. It is not counted against either your 2007 or 2008 taxes.