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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif'>Hi Suzanne,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif'>Here’s the press release:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Friday, April 3, 2020<br>For Immediate Release <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'><img width=96 height=96 style='width:1.0in;height:1.0in' id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image001.png@01D60C15.3F1A67F0" alt="https://www.ssa.gov/news/assets/images/seal.png"></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer<br><a href="mailto:press.office@ssa.gov"><span style='color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none'>press.office@ssa.gov</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>SOCIAL SECURITY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span lang=EN style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Statement from Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul about COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments for Beneficiaries <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'> “I want to provide an update to people who receive benefits from the Social Security Administration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>For updates from the IRS, visit <a href="https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none'>www.irs.gov/coronavirus</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Note for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients:</span></i></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>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 <a href="https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none'>www.irs.gov/coronavirus</span></a> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>We will continue to update Social Security’s COVID-19 web page at <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/coronavirus/"><span style='color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none'>www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus/</span></a> as further details become available.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'>To get more Social Security news, follow the Press Office on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/SSAPress" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none'>@SSAPress</span></a>.</span></i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.1pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold"'>Brandon</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Script MT Bold"'> </span></i><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold"'>P. Smith</span></i><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Public Affairs Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Social Security Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>