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My old momanon hasn't got her $1200 check yet. She hasn't filed in 20 years, but has DD for SSI. Here's what I found.
A group of senators on Thursday urged the Treasury to find another way to quickly get the $500-per-child stimulus bonus to Social Security beneficiaries who don’t normally file taxes.
These federal benefits recipients had to submit information online about their child dependents by noon yesterday to receive the additional $500 for their children as part of their overall stimulus check. The Internal Revenue Service sent out an alert on Monday.
But eligible families of a million child dependents could have missed this short, 48-hour deadline, a letter signed by 38 Democratic and two Independent senators said.
“We request that Treasury find another way forward that – without delaying any automatic $1,200 payments – ensures that these Social Security beneficiaries and their children quickly receive the full amount of cash assistance for which they are eligible,” the letter said.
The Wednesday deadline applied to those receiving Social Security retirement, survivor or disability benefits, or Railroad Retirement benefits recipients. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and veterans benefit recipients have until a later, unspecified, date to provide this information, according to the Treasury.
While Social Security and other federal benefits recipients will receive their stimulus checks automatically, they had to take additional steps to claim the $500-per-child stimulus bonus. If they didn’t, they would have to wait until they file their 2020 tax return next year to get the payment for child dependents.
“If the IRS does not receive this essential information by Wednesday, their payment will be $1,200 and the $500 per child will be paid to them with a return filing for tax year 2020,” Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement on Monday.
The letter comes after the Treasury reversed its decision to require Social Security recipients who don’t usually file taxes to do so this year to get a stimulus payment. The reversal followed a letter signed by 41 Democratic senators that said the requirement would “place a significant burden on retired seniors and individuals who experience disabilities.”
About 175 million Americans are eligible for the stimulus payments, according to the White House. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said last week that "more than 80 million Americans have already received their Economic Impact Payments by direct deposit." The first group of paper check should arrive by April 24 and this they’ll continue to be distributed until mid-September.
Americans can now track the status of their stimulus payments and add direct deposit information on the IRS website if those details aren’t on file with the agency. Those who don’t usually file taxes can also provide the IRS with their information to get their stimulus payment.
As part of a $2 trillion coronavirus relief package, many Americans will get government checks up to $1,200 — plus $500 per child — to help them ride out a job loss, reduced work hours, and other money challenges as the country tries to stem the pandemic.
“Our updated estimate is that 93.6% of [tax] filers will have a rebate,” Garrett Watson, senior policy analyst at The Tax Foundation, said. “And this works out to approximately 140 million households.”
https://money.yahoo.com/coronavirus-stimulus-checks-senators-sound-alarm-on-social-security-beneficiaries-155638371.html