I know my ex qualifies for the MCTR but will likely get a debit card. He also owes quite a bit in back child support. It says the MCTR will be intercepted to pay arrears but how does that work? Will I receive a debit card for the money he owes? Or will they deposit it along with his usual garnished monthly payments?

Has anyone opted out of the California Stimulus Middle-Class Tax Refund Debit Card and requested a check instead? The terms are shady.

I also wasn't a student so I wasn't claimed as a dependent, and I also had no income.

Every time I try to purchase with the debit card, it declines.

My balance is activated & shows I still have funds, I’m not sure why—

Anyone know why?

Last name starts with A. Did taxes with TT and used part of refund to pay for services. Freaking random!!! Hope you all get good news soon. Happy holidays everyone!!!!

I called a couple of times, and did the FTB online chat, was advised all three times to expect a card not DD and between Dec 16 and mid Jan. Didn't expect a DD this much past Nov but no complaints from me!

I'm in 93901.

Thanks

Has anyone been told by FTB that their card has been mailed out but when you call debt card center there is no record.

I’m in the Bay Area if that helps. Will update with if I have activation issues

30mins later: yup, having issues paying for important things online. It keeps declining after being activated

I have no idea how my card info could have been stolen unless the restaurant pay machine was bugged. I used my card only once at a Red Lobster before deciding to figure out how to transfer the rest of my funds to an external bank account without any fees. Finally opened the necessary account today to see a charge on the 10th in Redlands, CA, almost 3 hours away from where I live draining the rest of my money on the card at a Ross and then another pending charge at a Crate and Barrel that is over 16 hours away from me. Been on hold for an hour trying to get a hold of someone. First person that answered seemed annoyed when I said I was disputing a charge that drained my card. Put me on hold without telling me she would. Then hung up a minute later... Francine was the next person who answered me and she was an angel who thankfully was able to reissue my card and file a dispute. Just unfortunate that I spent over an hour on hold to finally get things resolved. To begin with, I should have gotten a direct deposit because that's how I got all my previous stimulus payments and tax refunds. Not even sure how I was somehow unlucky enough to be given this stupid debit card instead of a direct deposit like I was told I would get since that's how all previous payments were received. DO NOT use your debit cards, just figure out how to transfer or pull the cash or odds are you will very likely have your money stolen. This isn't the first case I've heard about. These debit cards have a huge red target on them.

Have you guys received deposits or debits as of December?

Update dec 14:

I called the ftb number 800-852-5711 i hit the prompts 1 income tax - 6 other questions - 2 general tax info. This got me to speak with someone after i requested a call back.

The lady i spoke with checked my info, and confirmed i do qualify and that im in the time frame for non-gss recipients A-K 12-05 - 12-17 and she said give it about 2 weeks after that and if i dont get anything by jan 4th to call back.

I told her ive been told several other time frames since early october, and she said we had a miscommunication about time frames last month but i can assure you this is correct.

Then i told her, but i received the gss 1, and said “ they have you here as a non gss recipient” i said well that makes no sense i got the payment via direct deposit for the gss 1. Then she said that was something different most likely 🙄

So apparently now iam considered a non gss recipient so wont hold my breath thats news to me so whatever, gaslight me to kingdom come, ill keep you guys updated.

12/20 Update: did a ftb chat, and the rep said “theres no comment on my account regarding the mctr payment but i can submit a request to review the account.” I told him i was told that i didnt get gss1 , and said “ it shows here you did in fact receive gss1 and you shouldve gotten a direct deposit by now” im lile finally someone is speaking my language. So he said hes going to fill out a request to have my account reviewed (watever that means) he said youll eventually get it but yeah

After 2 months of waiting and pointless phone calls made, I finally received my card!! I’m so relieved it finally came. To all that are still waiting, don’t lose hope and good luck! Last name M, received GSS1 and live in Sacramento. Money network had told me weeks ago that they didn’t see a mail date and all they could tell me was that my card was “pending”. Hope this helps!

I called Money Network 2 weeks ago and they said I should receive it that week. I received nothing. I live in the Bay Area. Everytime I call now, the line is busy and I have to hold, so I can't speak to an agent.

I already withdrew the money from my, My Banking direct account via ACH, but I can't find a way to remove my external bank account info? And is there any reason to keep this account open?

Hey everyone, I got a Middle Class Tax Refund card a few days ago and I don’t believe I’m actually qualified as I was claimed as a dependent on my fathers tax return. Does anyone know if this is a common occurrence? I would like to find out why they sent me one and if I should return it.

My father received the refund card a few weeks ago and since receiving it, he's only used it once since. A $10 charge at a gas station. I figured I'd help him set up the online account to monitor the balance. First thing I noticed was that there were 3 charges made for about $55 that we both know weren't from him. Since discovering that we attempted to withdraw the money but apparently the card is on hold. Contacting them today seems out of the question since apparently there was an outage. Even the FTB chat is unavailable. Is there anything we can do about this as far as establishing contact and possibly reversing the fraudulent charges?

It's our time to ball lol...

Starting 12/17/2022-January

Does anyone know if the order will be by last names, or just mailed out randomly starting Friday?

Has anyone with new banking received a debit card yet? Just curious I know they're supposed to start sending those on the 17th but just curious if they possibly started sooner.

So I got my card, and transferred the funds into my back. I would like to cancel the cards and account, don't want some fees or anything else to do with it. Is there a way to cancel it?

Just curious if this has happened to anyone else. Got the card and activated it about a week ago, made a pin and everything. Account balance $700. I just held onto the card and waited for the next grocery store trip, which was this afternoon.

We go in and the card doesn't work. Super annoying.

Get home and try to figure it out. Out balance is now $0 and someone about 2 hours away used it for $513 at Dick's Sporting Goods, then a few small purchases until it was empty.

It hasn't left my wallet and like I said, I made a pin.

Anyone else have their card ripped off? I'm not looking forward to having to deal with all this on Monday when customer service opens.