We had posted a concern that illegal immigrants might receive a tax rebate from the Economic Stimulus Package that has been signed into law.  The IRS will begin mailing these rebate checks in May, and we had voiced a concern that illegal aliens who filed their income tax returns using an ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) might receive a rebate check.  We now have a clarification on the IRS web site which reads as follows:  "To be eligible for a stimulus payment, taxpayers must have valid Social Security numbers. Anyone who does not have a valid Social Security number, including those who file using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), an Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number (ATIN) or any other identification number issued by the IRS is not eligible for this payment."  So we are happy to post that the rebate checks should only go to legal workers.  If you care to see any more information about the rebate checks, here is the link to the IRS web page that answers most questions:

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=179095,00.html

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