--- title: IRS Decides State Stimulus Checks Aren't Taxable After All description: Residents in most states that distributed relief payments do not need to report the rebates as income on their 2022 taxes. authors: - name: Sarah Hansen role: Senior Writer url: https://money.com/author/sarah-hansen/ bio: Sarah Hansen is a senior writer at Money covering all things personal finance. Previously, she covered economic policy and capital markets on the breaking news desk at Forbes. education: Northwestern University, New York University at_money_since: 2021 articles: 347 covers: - Taxes - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping social: - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-m-hansen/ former_staff: true editors: - name: Julia Glum role: Managing Editor url: https://money.com/author/julia-glum/ bio: A graduate of the University of Florida, Julia has more than eight years of experience in personal finance journalism. In addition to overseeing news and newsletters, she leads Money’s tax coverage, which includes extensive reporting on tax credits, policy changes and the IRS. education: University of Florida at_money_since: 2018 articles: 453 covers: - Taxes - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Technology also_seen_in: - Newsweek - International Business Times - CBS News - Good Morning America - WUSA9 - Pix 11 - The New York Times - Mashable - The Washington Post - CNBC - Politico social: - https://x.com/superjulia - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-glum published: '2023-02-13T18:01:18.000Z' modified: '2024-01-10T13:45:24.000Z' section: Taxes tags: - News - Taxes word_count: 378 canonical: https://money.com/irs-state-stimulus-checks-not-taxable/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Close-up of a 1040 Individual Income Tax Form](https://img.money.com/2023/02/News-No-Tax-State-Relief-Checks.jpg) If you received a relief payment or stimulus check from your state last year, good news: You don’t need to report it on your federal tax return. Probably. After much deliberation, the IRS issued [new guidance](https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-issues-guidance-on-state-tax-payments-to-help-taxpayers) on Friday clarifying that residents of certain states who received tax rebates in 2022 do not need to report those rebates as income. Last year, many states distributed these [special relief payments](https://money.com/state-stimulus-checks-tax-rebates/) to eligible residents to help them cope with [rising prices](https://money.com/things-getting-more-expensive-inflation/) and energy costs as well as expenses related to the pandemic. The IRS had previously advised taxpayers to [wait to file](https://money.com/irs-wait-file-taxes-stimulus-checks/) their taxes this spring until it determined whether the state payments would be taxed at the federal level. According to the IRS, residents of the following states do not need to report their state relief payments as income. These states categorized their payments as general welfare or disaster relief payments, which — like the 2020 and 2021 federal [stimulus checks](https://money.com/state-stimulus-checks-tax-rebates/) — are legally not taxable. - Alaska - California - Colorado - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Hawaii - Idaho - Illinois - Indiana - Maine - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island Residents of the following four states do not have to report their state payments, which were technically refunds of state taxes paid, if they claimed the [standard deduction](https://money.com/tax-brackets-2023-inflation/) or if they itemized their deductions but didn’t receive a tax benefit. - Georgia - Massachusetts - South Carolina - Virginia The IRS added that New York and Illinois issued multiple payments, one of which was also considered a refund of state taxes. Those payments fall under these rules, too. Alaska residents do not need to report supplement energy relief payments, but the annual permanent fund dividend is taxable. ## Advice from Money Tax season has begun, and this new guidance means that taxpayers who were waiting to file can now do so. The official due date is April 18 for most people. If you want to receive your [refund](https://money.com/wheres-my-refund/) quickly, it’s best to file as early as possible, do so electronically and select direct deposit as your delivery method. 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