This Year's Stimulus Rebate Is One Incentive to Finish Filing

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 9, 2008| Author: Jeffrey H Birnbaum - Washington Post Staff Writer | Copyright information

You've heard it before, but this year the advice gains new import: Be sure to file.

If you're hoping to get your rebate from the economic stimulus legislation, you must file a tax return this year -- and the earlier the better.

Another bit of advice for this season: Get receipts for all charitable donations.

Overall, though, this April 15 will be weighed down with fewer than usual changes in the tax code, experts say. That's because 2007 and early 2008 did not have as m...