Lawmakers press IRS to get coronavirus checks to seniors [View all]

Lawmakers, tax policy experts and advocates for retirees are outraged over new IRS guidance that indicates seniors will need to file tax returns to receive their coronavirus checks.

The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill President Trump signed into law last week lets the IRS look at Social Security benefit statements in order to give people their rebate checks if they haven't filed 2018 or 2019 tax returns.

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Lawmakers and groups are now pressing the administration to find a way for Social Security beneficiaries to automatically receive their payments so that they don't face any extra burdens.


“We strongly urge you to ensure that economic stimulus payments are automatically sent to vulnerable seniors and individuals who experience disabilities, without these individuals needing to file a tax return,” more than three dozen Democratic senators, led by Sens. Maggie Hassan(N.H.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio), wrote in a letter Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/490686-lawmakers-press-irs-to-get-coronavirus-checks-to-seniors

Thank you Democratic Senators! We just don't need more stress in our life.