CSA
Middle Class Tax Refund Payments
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CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR 29
Report 2023-105 | March 2024
Table A
MCTR Payments by Payment Type and Amount, Per Month
DIRECT DEPOSIT DEBIT CARD PAPER CHECK
NUMBER OF AMOUNT OF NUMBER OF AMOUNT OF NUMBER OF AMOUNT OF
PAYMENTS PAYMENTS PAYMENTS PAYMENTS PAYMENTS PAYMENTS
(IN THOUSANDS) (IN MILLIONS) (IN THOUSANDS) (IN MILLIONS) (IN THOUSANDS) (IN MILLIONS)
October 2022 4,911 $2,641 1,028 $542 0 $0
November 2022 1,740 1,042 4,022 2,127 0 0
December 2022 62 41 2,526 1,409 0 0
January 2023 456 265 1,686 909 13 7
February 2023 1 1 52 30 13 7
March 2023 3 2 90 51 2 1
April 2023 11 6 16 9 6 3
May 2023 1 <1 110 57 4 2
June 2023 2 1 13 7 7 4
July 2023 <1 <1 7 4 2 1
August 2023 <1 <1 2 1 <1 <1
September 2023 3 2 6 3 3 2
Totals 7,191 $4,001 9,559 $5,150 49 $26
Total Number of Payments (thousands) 16,799
Total Amount of Payments (millions) $9,177
Source: FTB payment data through September 2023.
Note: FTB and Money Network did not make any payments prior to October 2022. The table above does not include a small number of payments
in October 2023. Totals may differ because of rounding.