{"id":3514,"date":"2020-04-20T15:16:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T20:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2020-04-20T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T20:17:09","slug":"special-alert-for-benefit-recipients-who-dont-file-a-tax-return-and-have-dependents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/special-alert-for-benefit-recipients-who-dont-file-a-tax-return-and-have-dependents\/","title":{"rendered":"Special alert for benefit recipients who don\u2019t file a tax return and have dependents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SSA, RRB recipients with eligible children need to act by Wednesday to quickly add money to their automatic Economic Impact Payment; IRS asks for help in the \u2018Plus $500 Push\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Internal Revenue Service today issued a special alert for several groups of federal benefit recipients to act by this Wednesday, April 22, if they didn\u2019t file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 and have dependents so they can quickly receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their $1,200 payments will be issued soon and, in order to add the $500 per eligible child amount to these payments, the IRS needs the dependent information before the payments are issued. Otherwise, their payment at this time will be $1,200 and, by law, the additional $500 per eligible child amount would be paid in association with a return filing for tax year 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following extensive work by the IRS and other government agencies, $1,200 automatic payments will be starting soon for those receiving Social Security retirement, survivor or disability benefits (SSDI), Railroad Retirement benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries who didn\u2019t file a tax return in the last two years. No action is needed by these groups; they will automatically receive their $1,200 payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those benefit recipients with children who aren\u2019t required to file a tax return, an extra step is needed to quickly add $500 per eligible child onto their automatic payment of $1,200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For people in these groups who have a qualifying child and didn\u2019t file a 2018 or 2019 tax return, they have a limited window to register to have $500 per eligible child added automatically to their soon-to-be-received $1,200 Economic Impact Payment. A quick trip to a special non-filer tool<\/a> on IRS.gov by noon Eastern time, Wednesday, April 22<\/strong>, for some of these groups may help put all of their eligible Economic Income Payment into a single payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to \u2018Plus $500\u2019 these recipients with children so they can get their maximum Economic Impact Payment of $1,200 plus $500 for each eligible child as quickly as possible,\u201d said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig. \u201cThey\u2019ll get $1,200 automatically, but they need to act quickly and register at IRS.gov to get the extra $500 per child added to their payment. These groups don\u2019t normally have a return filing obligation and may not realize they qualify for a larger payment. We\u2019re asking people and organizations throughout the country to share this information widely and help the IRS with the Plus $500 Push.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help spread the word to recipients with children about this special \u201cPlus $500 Push,\u201d the IRS has additional material available on a special partners page<\/a> that can be shared with friends, family members and community groups. This effort will focus on the initial April 22 deadline and continue this spring to reach as many people as possible since the child payments will continue to be made in the weeks and months ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have a child but don\u2019t file a tax return? Visit IRS.gov now<\/strong> Those receiving federal benefits \u2013 including Social Security retirement, survivor or disability benefits (SSDI), Railroad Retirement benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Veterans Administration benefits \u2013 who have with children and<\/em><\/strong> who weren\u2019t required file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 should visit the Non-Filer: Enter Payment Info Here<\/strong> tool<\/a> on IRS.gov. By quickly taking steps to enter information on the IRS website about them and their qualifying children, they can receive the $500 per dependent child payment automatically in addition to their $1,200 individual payment. Otherwise, their payment at this time will be $1,200 and, by law, the additional $500 per eligible child amount would be paid in association with a return filing for tax year 2020.

First window affects SSA\/RRB recipients with children; SSI and VA recipients have slightly more time to add $500 to automatic payments<\/strong>

For certain SSA \/ RRB beneficiaries who don\u2019t normally file a tax return and do not register with the IRS by April 22, they will still be eligible to receive the separate payment of $500 per qualifying child. For those who miss the April 22 deadline, their payment at this time will be $1,200 and, by law, the additional $500 per eligible child amount would be paid in association with a return filing for tax year 2020. They will not<\/em><\/strong> be eligible to use the Non-Filer tool to add eligible children once their $1,200 payment has been issued.

SSI and VA beneficiaries have some additional time beyond April 22 to add their children since their $1,200 automatic payments will be made at a later date. SSI recipients will receive their automatic payments in early May, and the VA payment schedule for beneficiaries who receive Compensation and Pension (C&P) benefit payments is still being determined. If they have children and aren\u2019t required to file a tax return, both groups are urged to use the Non-Filer<\/a> tool as soon as possible. Once their $1,200 payment has been issued, they will not<\/em><\/strong> be eligible to use the Non-Filer tool to add eligible children. Their payment will be $1,200 and, by law, the additional $500 per eligible child amount would be paid in association with a return filing for tax year 2020.

No action needed by most taxpayers<\/strong>

The Treasury Department will make these automatic payments to SSA, SSI, RRB and VA recipients. Recipients will generally receive the automatic $1,200 payments by direct deposit, Direct Express debit card or by paper check, just as they would normally receive their benefits.

For information about Social Security retirement, survivors and disability insurance beneficiaries, please visit the SSA website at SSA.gov<\/a>. For more information related to veterans and their beneficiaries who receive Compensation and Pension (C&P) benefit payments from VA, please visit VA.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SSA, RRB recipients with eligible children need to act by Wednesday to quickly add money to their automatic Economic Impact Payment; IRS asks for help in the \u2018Plus $500 Push\u2019 The Internal Revenue Service today issued a special alert for several groups of federal benefit recipients to act by this Wednesday, April 22, if they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-04-20T20:17:23Z","apple_news_api_id":"30c159f9-44b6-4182-9295-f06501f125a2","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2020-04-20T20:17:23Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AMMFZ-US2QYKSlfBlAfElog","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tax"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}