At the IRS website they are calling them "advance payments." Does anyone know what this means exactly? It doesn't sound like a "rebate" to me. Since I have always paid tax, and never got any sort of a refund, what is this in advance against? They are letting me borrow some of my money? I don't really understand.

But as I said before, while Mister and I are eligible for this "advance payment," I'll believe it when I see it. We are always getting screwed by the IRS even when our wittholdings are about as high as they can be. Neither one of us claims any exemptions and we still have to pay more at the end of the year.

Sigh...