[BlindTlk] FW: [NFBofSC] Fwd: [Chapter-Presidents] Fwd: Revised Information from the IRS about the Stimulus Check

Thu Apr 2 17:17:42 UTC 2020

Does anyone know if the money that we receive via the stimulus checks will affect our disability?  Will we have to report the stimulus check as income, and it will therefore reduce our disability?  Boy I hope not!

James

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Read the IRS statement below.

I'm forwarding the entire chain so you can follow the path if you want.

In a reversal Wednesday, the Treasury Department and the IRS announced that those who receive Social Security benefits and are not typically required to file tax returns will not need to file a "simple tax return" to receive an economic impact payment. 

Instead, payments will be automatically deposited into their bank accounts.  

“We want to ensure that our senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, and low-income Americans receive Economic Impact Payments quickly and without undue burden,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin  <https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm967> in a statement. “Social Security recipients who are not typically required to file a tax return need to take no action, and will receive their payment directly to their bank account.”

The IRS will use the information on the Form SSA-1099 and Form RRB-1099 to generate $1,200 payments to Social Security recipients who did not file tax returns in 2018 or 2019. They will receive these payments as a direct deposit or by paper check.

Before the announcement, the IRS posted guidance  <https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payments-what-you-need-to-know> on its website that said low-income taxpayers, senior citizens, Social Security recipients, some veterans and individuals with disabilities would need to file a "simple tax return" to receive an economic impact payment.

However it is about 

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Tiffiny

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From: Sheri Koch via Chapter-Presidents <chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org <mailto:chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org> >
Date: April 2, 2020 at 3:30:29 AM EDT
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Thank God IRS developed the brain.   Thank you for sharing this wonderful information.  I was so worried that this would’ve cheated so many people out of the economic impact money

Sheri Koch, President

National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia

304-993-5103

On Apr 1, 2020, at 10:52 PM, Susan Bradley via Chapter-Presidents <chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org <mailto:chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Hello everyone, you will note below the revised information from the Treasury Department and IRS about the Stimulus Checks. It seems they changed their minds. I have pasted the information below.  

Susan Bradley, President 

NFBI Treasure Valley Chapter 

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