[NFB-HI] Families who do not normally file taxes must take action before April 22, 2020 to receive $500/child under CARES Act

[Dianna G. Jones]

The Commissioner of the Social Security, Andrew Saul, announced via a press
release the following on April 20, 2020

“Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
recipients who don’t file tax returns will start receiving their automatic
Economic Impact Payments directly from the Treasury Department soon. People
receiving benefits who did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes, and have qualifying
children under age 17, however, should not wait for their automatic $1,200
individual payment. They should immediately go to the IRS’s webpage at
www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here and visit
the *Non-Filers:
Enter Payment Info Here* section to provide their information. Social
Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries with
dependent children and who did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes need to act by
Wednesday, April 22, in order to receive additional payments for their
eligible children quickly. SSI recipients need to take this action by later
this month; a specific date will be available soon.

By taking this proactive step to enter information on the IRS website about
them and their qualifying children, they will also receive the $500 per
dependent child payment in addition to their $1,200 individual payment. If
beneficiaries in this group do not provide their information to the IRS
soon, their payment at this time will be $1,200. People would then be
required to file a tax year 2020 tax return to obtain the additional $500
per eligible child.

I urge Social Security and SSI recipients with qualifying children who do
not normally file taxes to take action now. Immediately go to IRS.gov so
that you will receive the full amount of the Economic Impact Payments you
and your family are eligible for.

People with Direct Express debit cards who enter information at the IRS’s
website should complete all of the mandatory questions, but they may leave
the bank account information section blank as Treasury already has their
Direct Express information on file.

Additionally, any new beneficiaries since January 1, 2020, of either Social
Security or SSI benefits, who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019,
will also need to go to the IRS’s *Non-Filers* website to enter their
information as they will not receive automatic payments from Treasury.”
Dianna

*Dianna G. Jones, PhD*
*Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii*

*President*
*National Federation of the Blind, West Hawaii Chapter*


*Phone: 808-238-1426*
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