Rebate checks in the mail by spring (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 02/13/2008 - 6:09pm

Shoppers in San Francisco in late 2007.<br /><br />US President George W. Bush has proposed a record 3.1-trillion-dollar budget for fiscal 2009 that widens the government deficit with an economic stimulus and expenditures for the war in Iraq.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)AP - The checks aren't in the mail, but they will be soon.

President Bush signed legislation Wednesday to rush rebates ranging from $300 to $1,200 to millions of people, the centerpiece of government efforts to brace the wobbly economy.

First, though, you must file your 2007 tax return.




 

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