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Didn’t get your California ‘inflation relief’ payment? The check’s in the mail

California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds up an index finger while at a lectern with a sign on it saying California roars back.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown at a 2021 news conference, rolled out the “inflation relief” payments about a year ago.
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The California Franchise Tax Board still has a few thousand payments to send out to residents who qualified for — but never received — their “inflation relief” payments last year.

Officially known as the California Middle Class Tax Refund, the payments went out to millions of California residents in the form of a direct deposit or debit card over the last year thanks to a surplus in the state’s budget last year.

KTLA-TV Channel 5 reported that about 5,000 remaining payments were set to be issued by the end of September.

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A spokesperson for the tax board did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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The payments were intended to assist Californians in the midst of record inflation in 2022. Inflation rose 3.7% last month after 12 months of declining rates from a peak rate of 9.1% recorded last June.

Payments range from $200 to $1,050 depending on household income, dependents and other factors. Details on the amount issued can be calculated via the Franchise Tax Board’s website. So far, about $9.2 billion has been disbursed to more than 16 million California taxpayers.

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