Maine residents will be receiving a surprise stimulus check of $285 on the 15th of November. The Tax Assessor for the state of Maine will be providing a sum of $285 to taxpayers with an annual income below $150,000 for couples, $112,000 for household heads, and $75,000 for individuals.
However, beneficiaries need to have worked throughout the entirety of 2020 to get the payment.
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The state has been referring to these stimulus payments as hazard pay for those individuals who have worked throughout the pandemic. People who have previously filed your taxes in the state of Maine last year and meet the requirements mentioned above, should ideally be receiving a stimulus check payment of $285.
As of now, the state has already started issuing 5,000 to 25,000 checks which would be delivered over the next six weeks. If a beneficiary has claimed themselves as a dependent, they won’t be deemed eligible for the stimulus funds.
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The largest industry in Maine was the category of finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing, representing almost 21% of the total and accounted for 1.2% of real growth.
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The second largest segment was government (and related enterprises) representing 14%, and experienced a decline of .06%.
The largest contributor to real DGP growth in 2019 was educational services, health care and social assistance, which accounted for .30% of the total growth in real GDP.
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