[NFB_of_Georgia] Fwd: [Chapter-Presidents] Fwd: Revised Information from the IRS about the Stimulus Check

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From: Susan Bradley via Chapter-Presidents <chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 10:53 PM
Subject: [Chapter-Presidents] Fwd: Revised Information from the IRS about
the Stimulus Check
To: chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org <chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org>
CC: Susan Bradley <craftisue at hotmail.com>


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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*From:* Susan Bradley <craftisue at hotmail.com>
*Date:* April 1, 2020 at 8:43:09 PM MDT
*To:* Sandy Streeter <streeter.sandy at gmail.com>, Mary Ellen Halverson <
raynme68 at gmail.com>
*Subject:* *Revised Information from the IRS about the Stimulus Check*


Mary Ellen and Sandy
Please note the revised information from the IRS about the Stimulus
Checks.  This information came out today and was on the NBC website for
here in southwest Idaho.
Susan Bradley, President
NFB Treasure Valley Chapter

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 in a statement
<https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm967>. “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 on its website
<https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payments-what-you-need-to-know>
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.



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