Or is it?

Find out if you are eligible, how much to expect and if you should expect to have to repay it. 

Okay, I think I got it: I can take the credit if I am a single person who is not a dependent on someone else's tax return, I don't collect Social Security, am not a veteran, don't receive any Railroad benefits, only have one job, and make less than $75K a year.

But if I am married, spouse and I can make up to 150K, but I need to be careful that my spouse and I don't take too much of the tax credit, or else we have to pay it back in our tax return next year. Oh yeah, if I work out of the country that gets added to my income limits.

The tax may also affect my W-4 withholdings, so I may need to get with my HR office to adjust that. And I can't take the stimulus before April 1, or else I may have to pay some of it back as well.

Gosh, leave it to the U.S. Government to make it simple...

Tossing a quarter up in the air and calling heads or tails on paying back the stimulus amount is probably effective as any other solution on determining that. 

so clear I spent at least an extra 1/2 hour doing payroll this week ..

gayla50:

I spent at least an extra 1/2 hour doing payroll this week

How many do you do payroll for?

Wow! I figured this could lead to end of year tax issues. Leave it to the government to make things as clear as mud. I do appreciate the link. At least I have more information now. Couldn't hurt to have a little more withheld just in case.