Several Californians are wondering; what happened to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to give automobile owners a payment to support offset rising gas prices. To reduce the impact of inflation, state legislators chose to give tax refunds to low- and middle-income individuals.
These inflation relief payments are now being mailed to millions of Californians and loaded onto their debit cards. Though many claims the cards appear to be a fraud. Others claim they have too many fees and limitations.
The Middle-Class Tax Refund (MCTR) is raising a lot of questions, such as; why do I have to pay fees to receive my money? Why does the debit card originate from a New York bank? Most importantly, is this card authentic?
When Doris Beers of San Francisco received this envelope in the mail from “Middle-Class Tax Refund” with an address in Nebraska, she was suspicious.
Beers admitted, “I almost tossed it out. I genuinely believed it to be a fraud.” When she opened it, she discovered a debit card from a New York-based bank, claimed to be her California Middle-Class Tax Refund. She claimed, “I didn’t have any refunds coming from any New York company I knew of, and it simply didn’t look official.”
Millions of Californians may begin receiving rebates on Friday as a result of the rising cost of almost everything.
The $350 state tax refund was put onto the card; millions of such refunds are currently being distributed to Californians to reduce the impact of inflation.
For people making up to $250,000, the one-time payouts vary from $200 to $350 per person. It troubled Beers nonetheless. The card arrived with a lengthy cardholder agreement in addition to four pages of regulations, conditions, and potential fees.
And why would you charge someone to use a rebate if you’re giving them one? she questioned. Others were suspicious too.
