<div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:18px" dir="auto"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;text-align:center"><span style="line-height:60px;font-size:50px;text-decoration:underline">News Release</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;text-align:center"><span style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-size:16px"><span style="line-height:28.799999237060547px;font-size:1.5em">SOCIAL SECURITY</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p></div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"></span></span></p><p style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;text-align:center;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:28.799999237060547px;font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(33,33,33)">File 2020 Tax Return with the IRS to Receive Missing Economic Impact Payments</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued the third round of Economic Impact Payments (EIP) in April.  Most Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients should have received their EIPs by now. </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"></span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">If a person is missing their first or second EIP, they need to file a 2020 tax return with the IRS and claim the 2020 Recovery Rebate Credit (RRC) as soon as possible.</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"></span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">Any person who did not receive his or her EIP, or the full amount of their EIP</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">, </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">please read this carefully. </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"></span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">To get any missing first or second EIPs</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">,</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> file a 2020 tax return with the IRS and claim the 2020 Recovery Rebate Credit (RRC) </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">immediately</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">.</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">People</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">should</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> fi</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">le the 2020 tax return even if they</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> have no income to report for 2020</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">. </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">When </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">the</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> tax return is processed, the IRS will pay the RRC as a tax refund. </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"></span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">The IRS will send any additional third EIP amount </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">owed </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">in 2021 separately.  </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">If </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">people </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">already filed </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">their</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> 2020 tax return, </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">they </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">do</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">n</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">o</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">t need to do anything else.</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">  </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">Visit Social Security’s Economic Impact Payments and Tax Credits page at </span></span><a href="http://www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus/eip/" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">www.socialsecurity.gov/coro</span></span></a><a name="m_-2212819812423314811__Hlt71032683"></a><a name="m_-2212819812423314811__Hlt71032684"></a><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">n</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">avirus/eip/</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> to learn more.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-style:italic"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">For</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-style:italic"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> questions about tax-related topics and economic impact payments, please contact the IRS. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.295;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.295;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">Read </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">the </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">IRS’ </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">April 28</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> press release</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> at</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"></span></span><a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/nearly-2-million-more-economic-impact-payments-disbursed-under-the-american-rescue-plan-continuing-payments-reach-approximately-163-million%20" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/nearly-2-million-more-economic-impact-payments-disbursed-under-the-american-rescue-plan-continuing-payments-reach-approximately-163-million</span></span></a><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">for more information.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.295;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.295;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">For Social Security information, please visit</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> </span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">the agency</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">’s COVID-19 web page at</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em"> </span></span><a href="https://www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus/" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">www.socialsecurity.</span></span></a><a name="m_-2212819812423314811__Hlt37701690"></a><a name="m_-2212819812423314811__Hlt37701691"></a><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">g</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:1.5em">ov/coronavirus/</span></span><span style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span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