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 The Department of the Treasury (Treasury)
announced on April 1 that Social Security beneficiaries who are not
typically required to file tax returns will not need to file an
abbreviated tax return to receive an economic impact payment. The
IRS will use the information on the Form SSA-1099 to generate $1,200
economic impact payments to Social Security beneficiaries who did
not file tax returns in 2018 or 2019.
Treasury, not Social Security, will make automatic payments to
Social Security beneficiaries. Beneficiaries will receive these
payments by direct deposit or by paper check, just as they would
normally receive their Social Security benefits.
For updates from the IRS, visit
www.irs. gov/coronavirus.
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Note for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Recipients:
We are working closely with Treasury to address outstanding
questions about our SSI recipients in an attempt to make the
issuance of economic impact payments as quick and efficient as
possible. We realize people are concerned, and the IRS will provide
additional information at
www.irs.gov/coronavirus when available. Please note that
we will not consider economic impact payments as income for SSI
recipients, and the payments are excluded from resources for 12
months.
We will continue to update Social Security’s COVID-19 web page at
www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus/ as further details become
available.”
[Text from Jack Myers
Public Affairs Specialist
Social Security Administration] |
