19 states are sending—or have already sent—payments to taxpayers in response to record inflation, with little immediate assistance from the federal government.

Even though a few of these payments total hundreds of dollars, inflation is not likely to be significantly affected by them.

According to Andrew Patterson, senior international economist at Vanguard, “Plans focused on specific sectors or groups, such as gas cards or disbursements based on income thresholds, in theory, could help ease the pain caused by prices of specific goods or services…without putting as much pressure on prices more broadly.”

In a world of rising prices, state governments intend to relieve taxpayers in the following ways.

Programs for Rebate Checks and Approved State Stimulus

Legislation to provide tax rebates to residents has been approved by 19 states. Here is an update on those payments:

1. Alaska: Payments of $3,200

The Permanent Fund Dividend program of Alaska provides an annual payment to the majority of its citizens. However, they also received an additional $650 in energy assistance this year.

The Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) increased this year, going from $1,114 per eligible recipient in 2021 to $3,284 in 2022. The dividend is funded by investments made with a percentage of state oil and mineral income, which is why the increase is partially attributable to higher oil prices.

Those who choose to receive their PFD and energy assistance payment via direct deposit should have already received it on September 20 in the form of a single direct transfer. The week of October 6 marked the start of distribution for applicants who requested a paper check.

Read more: Alaskans Receive $3,284 in Record Dividends.

2. California: Rebate of up to $1,050

Beginning in October, payments for California’s Middle-Class Tax Refund began to arrive in mailboxes and bank accounts. These benefits are available to the estimated 23 million people of the Golden State. You can visit the Franchise Tax Board webpage for the State of California to see if you’re eligible. 90% of payments, according to the Franchise Tax Board, should be made in October.

Individual taxpayers making $75,000 or less will receive a one-time payment of $350. If a couple files jointly and makes less than $150,000 a year, they will be eligible for $700. A further $350 will be given to eligible households if they have qualifying dependents.

A progressive benefit with a maximum payment of $250 will be given to taxpayers with incomes between $75,000 and $250,000. If those households have qualified dependents, they may get an extra $250.

The Middle-Class Tax Refund should have been deposited for eligible beneficiaries who received Golden State Stimulus funds by direct deposit between October 7 and October 25. It was planned for all remaining direct deposits to be made between October 28 and November 14.

You should have gotten your Middle Class Tax Refund by debit card between October 24 and December 10 assuming you received your California Stimulus Payments by debit card. By January 14, 2023, all outstanding debit card payments will be sent.

Continue reading: Californians Get Another Round of Stimulus Funding

3. Colorado: Rebate Payments of $750

Colorado sent tax refunds of $750 to individuals and $1,500 to couples. Residents of Colorado who turned 18 or older and submitted their 2021 state income tax return were qualified for the payout for the whole 2021 tax year.

To avoid fraud, only physical checks were distributed. Residents should have gotten their refunds by September 30 if they submitted their state tax returns by June 30. By January 31, 2023, taxpayers who requested an extension should receive their checks.

Read more: The Colorado Stimulus Check: Everything You Need To Know

4. Delaware: $300 in Refund Amount

To taxpayers who submitted their 2020 state tax returns, Delaware sent $300 “relief rebate” payouts. The budget surplus made the one-time payment conceivable. For joint tax returns, couples received $300 apiece.

Most Delaware citizens who qualified for payments received them in May 2022. Online applications for a second round were accepted from November 1 through December 15, 2022.

A valid Delaware residential postal address, an active Delaware driver’s license that was issued before to December 31, 2021, and the applicant’s Social Security number are requirements. Following the end of the application period and the evaluation of all applications, payments will be made to qualified applicants.

The Delaware Department of Finance can be contacted to check the status of your rebate or for answers to frequently asked questions.

5. Florida: Payments of $450

As part of the Hope Florida—A Pathway to Prosperity initiative operated by the Department of Children and Families, certain Florida households with children received a one-time payment of $450 for each kid.

Foster parents, family and non-family caretakers of children, participants in the state Guardian Assistance Program, and TANF-eligible households were among those who might get financial aid. The funding comes from TANF-paying households’ designated pandemic aid monies.

If you were qualified, you should have gotten a payment by cheque in the mail without having to do anything. Delivery was planned for July 25 or earlier, the start of the state’s back-to-school tax break.

According to the Tallahassee Democrat, a letter that came with the check stated, “To offset the costs of rising inflation, especially with a new school year approaching, the State of Florida is giving you $450 for each child in your care.”

6. Georgia: $250 in Refund Amounts

Georgia residents who submitted both their 2020 and 2021 tax returns were qualified to receive rebate payments based on their tax filing status because of a historic state budget surplus:

• Single filers: $250 maximum
• Maximum $375 for the household’s head
• married couples filing jointly: $500 maximum

You might have received a smaller rebate if you owed the state money for things like past-due child support payments or income tax. Residents for only a portion of the year might have gotten a reduced reimbursement.

Refunds for eligible taxpayers who submitted their 2021 taxes by April 18 should have arrived in August.

The Georgia Department of Revenue is a good source of information for Georgia taxpayers.

7. Hawaii: $300 in Refund Amounts

Hawaii’s legislature decided to distribute tax refunds to all taxpayers in June. Taxpayers who make less than $100,000 year will receive $300, while those who make more would receive $100. The reimbursement is also available to dependents.

Those who submitted their state income tax forms for 2021 by August 31st, 2022, ought to have gotten their refunds in September, and those who asked for paper checks ought to have gotten them in November. After their return is accepted by the tax department, taxpayers who file their returns between July 31 and December 31 could expect to get their check up to 12 weeks later or their direct deposit up to 10 weeks later.

8. Idaho: $75 in Refund Amounts

Gov. Brad Little of Idaho approved a measure in February allocating $350 million for tax rebates to residents of Idaho. There were two requirements to qualify:

• Idaho residence for the full tax years of 2020 and 2021, OR
• resided in Idaho permanently and submitted refund claims for food credits.

In March, the payments started. Each taxpayer received either $75 or 12% of their Idaho state taxes for 2020, whichever was higher (you can find your reported tax amount on Form 40, line 20). Every taxpayer and dependent was eligible for the rebate.

The tax commission initially provided paper rebate checks to taxpayers who got their tax refunds via direct deposit. Most of the rebates have already been given out.

Idaho lawmakers decided to approve another tax rebate for all citizens who filed state tax returns in 2020 during a special session on September 1. Couples filing jointly will earn $600, and individuals filing individually will receive $300.

Late September saw the beginning of the processing of those payments, and through the remainder of the year and into early 2023, around 75,000 payments will be distributed weekly.

On the website of the Idaho State Tax Commission, state residents can check the status of their rebate.

9. $50 and $300 rebates in Illinois

Illinois citizens who live in 2021 are eligible for two rebates.

The individual income tax rebate is the first rebate, which is given to residents with an annual adjusted gross income of less than $200,000 ($400,000 for a married couple filing jointly). Each individual will receive $50, and each qualified dependent (up to three children per family) will receive an additional $100.

Property tax rebates are the second rebate, which are given to residents who make $250,000 or less ($500,000 for a married couple filing jointly). The reimbursement is limited to $300 and is equivalent to the property tax credit you were eligible to receive on your tax return.

According to the Illinois Department of Revenue, the state began issuing rebates the week of September 12; it will take “several months” to issue them all.

10. Indiana: $325 in Refund Amounts

At the end of 2021, Indiana discovered that it had a sizable budget surplus, and it decided to give its citizens two rebates.

Gov. Eric Holcomb declared in December 2021 that taxpayers in Indiana would get a $125 one-time tax refund following the filing of their 2021 taxes.

There is no criterion for income. To be eligible, residents must have submitted their state tax returns for the years 2020 by January 3, 2022, and 2021 Indiana tax returns by April 18, 2022. The state states that payments began in May.

A single $250 deposit could be made to jointly-filed taxpayers.

In August 2022, a second rebate of $200 per taxpayer was approved.

The majority of taxpayers had their refunds deposited directly into their bank accounts, and the second instalments began to arrive in late August. You ought to have received a paper check in the event that you switched banks or didn’t have your direct deposit information on record.

At this point, those who qualify simply for the $200 payment will not get them. To collect the benefit, they must submit a 2022 tax return by January 1, 2024.

Visit the state Department of Revenue website for more details.

11. Maine: Direct Relief Payments of $850

On April 20, Gov. Janet Mills approved a supplementary budget that authorized direct relief payments to Maine taxpayers in the amount of $850.

A full-time resident’s eligibility required that their federal adjusted gross income be under $100,000 ($150,000 if they filed as the head of household, $200,000 if they filed jointly). Couples who filed jointly each received a relief check worth $1,700.

Whether or not a taxpayer owed state income tax, they were still entitled for the payment.

Residents who failed to submit a state tax return for 2021 had until October 31 to do so in order to be eligible for their payout.

The one-time payments, which are being paid for out of the state’s surplus, began to be sent to the address listed on your 2021 Maine tax return in June.

The earned income tax credit (EITC) recipients in Maine will also receive a larger benefit under the supplementary budget.

Read more: Maine Stimulus Checks: Everything You Need To Know

12. Massachusetts: Tax Refunds of 14%

Due to an increase in income tax collections, Massachusetts state lawmakers are mailing tax rebate payments. A little under $3 billion will be paid out.

Taxpayers who qualify will get 14% of their 2021 tax obligations, less any adjustments such overdue child support and back taxes.

The refund is available to both non-resident and resident filers. To be qualified for the rebate, your 2021 state tax return must be submitted on or before September 15, 2023.

By mid-December 2022, taxpayers who submitted tax returns on or before October 17, 2022, ought to have received their refunds. Everyone else should anticipate receiving their returns about a month after filing.

Read more: Massachusetts Taxpayers Getting 14% of 2021 Taxes Refunded

13. Minnesota Pays Frontline Employees $488

Due to a law that Governor Tim Walz enacted in early May, certain frontline employees received a one-time payment of $488 in October.

Between March 15, 2020, and June 30, 2021, qualified workers were those who put in at least 120 hours of work in Minnesota while being ineligible for remote employment.

Between December 2019 and January 2022, employees with direct Covid-19 patient-care responsibilities were required to have an adjusted gross income of less than $175,000; employees without such duties were required to have an adjusted gross income of less than $85,000 annually. The payment application period is currently closed.

14. : $500 rebate checks for New Jersey

Nearly a million families will receive one-time rebate checks up to $500 thanks to a budget proposal that the New Jersey state legislature adopted in the fall of 2021.

Those who submit their taxes with a taxpayer identification number rather than a Social Security number also received reimbursements from New Jersey. Nonresident and resident aliens, as well as their spouses and dependents, were eligible for the Excluded New Jerseyans Fund.

The fund no longer accepts new submissions.

15. $500 rebates for New Mexico

A statute authorizing several payments to state taxpayers was enacted by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham at the beginning of March.

Starting on September 26, residents of low-income New Mexico could apply for relief payments of at least $400. The submission window closed on October 7, 2022.

The state budget includes a $20 million line item for economic assistance activities that includes the low-income relief payments. The budget allotment is the only application acceptance limit, and payments will be made first to the families with the lowest incomes.

All taxpayers received a second payment in the form of a refundable income tax rebate. Joint filers each received $1,000, while single filers received $500. Divided into two equal instalments, these rebates will be given in the months of June and August 2022. For taxpayers who submitted a 2021 state return, the money was automatically remitted to them.

You’ll receive your rebate by check or direct transfer if you file your state income tax return for 2021 by May 31st, 2023, even if you don’t usually do so. Your rebate will be reduced by any taxes you owing from your 2021 return.

Learn more about the rebates that New Mexico families will get in 2022.

16. Oregon: $600 in direct payments

The Oregon legislature decided to allow some people to receive one-time payments of $600 in March 2022. One payment per household was available to taxpayers who claimed the earned income tax credit on their 2020 state tax return and who resided in Oregon for the final six months of 2020.

These direct payments to low-income citizens were made by the state using federal pandemic funds, and more than 236,000 households received payments. By July 31, 2022, all payments had been made via direct deposit or postal check.

17. Rhode Island: $250 in Child Rebates

Due to a governmental budget surplus, Rhode Island is providing a one-time payment of $250 per child.

A payment of up to $750 can be given to households for each of their three dependent children. You must have claimed those kids as dependents on your 2021 federal and state tax forms.

To qualify for the payment, taxpayers must make $100,000 or less ($200,000 or less for a couple with two incomes).

Distribution of Child Tax Rebate checks started in October. Refunds will start to arrive in December for taxpayers who filed their 2021 state tax forms on extension by October 2022. On the website of Rhode Island’s Division of Taxation, you can view the status of your rebate.

18. Up to $800 in Rebate Checks for South Carolina

A budget proposal that was passed in June included $1 billion for a tax rebate that will give South Carolinians a one-time payout.

The South Carolina Department of Revenue provides instructions for determining your rebate amount. The maximum rebate is $800. Prior to December 31, rebates will be given out.

Residents of South Carolina will receive their refunds in March 2023 if they opt to file their tax returns on or before the February 15 disaster relief extension.

Your rebate will be sent into the same account as you used to receive your 2021 refund.

By following the guidelines on the state Department of Revenue’s website for rebate news, you can calculate your rebate.

19. VA: $250 in Rebates

A one-time tax rebate was granted by the Virginia General Assembly in June. The debate should be sent to qualified taxpayers who submitted their income tax returns by October 17 by the end of the year.

The refund won’t be given to people who file during the disaster extension period (February 15 instead of the initial extension deadline of October 18).

Direct deposit recipients will get a $250 rebate ($500 for married couples filing jointly), which will be sent to the same bank account; all other qualified taxpayers will receive a check in the mail.