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California inflation relief checks coming next month

The State of California is due to start sending out inflation relief checks next month, KTLA sister station KRON reports.

The program, known as the Middle Class Tax Refund, will see direct payments being sent out to more than 20 million Californians.

The size of the payments will range from between $200 to $1,050, based on factors that include your income and number of dependents. To help you calculate how much you’ll receive, the state has created a Middle Class Tax Refund Estimator tool that allows you to plug in your information to find out how much you will get.

The state says payments will be distributed starting in October. The exact timeline depends on how residents filed their taxes, whether they received the Golden State Stimulus, which was issued during the depths of the pandemic, and other factors. The last batch is expected to go out by the middle of January 2023.

In order to receive a payment, you must have filed a 2020 California tax return and made less than $250,000 annually, or $500,000 if you filed jointly. 

The exact figure Californians will pocket depends on several factors including adjusted gross income (AGI), filing status, and dependents.

Single people who make less than $75,000 per year will receive $350 and joint filers who make less than $150,000 per year would get $700 plus an extra $350 for a dependent. 

As many as 23 million Californians will get a payment.