IRS offering extra help to file return to get rebate

The Internal Revenue Services will open several Taxpayer Assistance offices in the state this Saturday to help people file a tax return in order to receive their income-tax rebate.

The Internal Revenue Services will open several Taxpayer Assistance offices in the state this Saturday to help people file a tax return in order to receive their income-tax rebate.

For Renton residents, the closest center is in Bellevue. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The center is located at 520 112th Ave. N.E.

IRS personnel will be on hand to answer questions about the Economic Stimulus payments and file tax returns, which you must do in order to receive a stimulus payment.

IRS is calling the help “Super Saturday.” Also on Saturday, April 12, the offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Approximately 380,000 people in Washington State, who qualify for an economic stimulus payment may not normally be required to file a tax return and may not have done so in several years.

To qualify for the tax rebate, people either have to have a net tax liability on their 2007 tax return or have at least $3,000 of qualifying income in any combination income from Social Security retirement, disability or survivors’ benefits; disability compensation, disability pension or survivors’ benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs; Tier 1 benefits from Railroad Retirement, certain combat pay and earned income from wages, salaries, tips or net earnings from self-employment that are includible in taxable income.

Under the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, people may be eligible for the minimum payment of $300 ($600 for married couples) even if they are not normally required to file a tax return because their income falls below the filing requirement.