June 5 is last day to claim WA’s $50 or $120 tuna and chicken rebate
The cash stems from a large price-fixing settlement between food producers and the state. People can apply online. The last day is Wednesday, June 5, to claim the $50 or $120 tuna and chicken rebate check from the Attorney General’s Office in Washington. The rebate is part of a $40 million settlement between chicken and tuna producers and the state, which sued them for allegedly participating in illegal price-fixing. Only households living at 175% or less of the federal poverty level, about 1 in 6 people in Washington, are eligible for the rebate. A single-person household will receive $50, while households with two or more people receiving $120. However, Attorney General Bob Ferguson faced criticism when some of the checks went to the wealthy, the deceased, and even vegetarians. The state reported that about 0.09% of the 402,000 recipients had reported errors.
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Any low-income Washingtonian has until Wednesday to submit a claim to receive a $50 or $120 rebate check from the Attorney General’s Office.
Claims can be submitted at refundcheck.atg.wa.gov.
The cash stems from a more than $40 million settlement between chicken and tuna producers and the state, which sued the corporations in 2020 and 2021 for allegedly participating in illegal price-fixing.
In December, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said only households living at 175% or less of the federal poverty level — about 1 in 6 people in Washington — would be eligible to receive the rebate. For a household of two, the income limit would be at $34,510.
A single-person household will get $50, while households with two or more people will get $120.
As the state began mailing the checks in December, Ferguson later came under fire when some of those checks went to the wealthy, the deceased and even to vegetarians. Ferguson’s office reported in January that about 0.09% of the 402,000 recipients had reported errors.
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