April 3, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Internal Revenue Service is asking nonprofit organizations to help publicize the government’s tax-rebate program and to make sure that all people eligible to receive a rebate know how to claim it.
Many Americans will receive a rebate of up to $600 each as part of the federal government’s recent economic-stimulus package, and most of those people will automatically receive the rebate when they file their 2007 income-tax return.
However, many Americans who do not normally file income-tax returns but who receive Veterans’ Affairs benefits or Social Security payments are also eligible. The IRS is hoping that charities and churches that have close contact with those people can help them obtain their rebate.
To help nonprofit groups, the agency has set up a Web page with sample fliers, mail inserts, and radio notices that groups can use.
To view the site, go to http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=179735,00.html.
