VA, SSI Recipients with Eligible Children Need To Act by May 5 to Receive Full Economic Impact Payment Along With $500 per Eligible Child

Children to Receive Full Economic Impact Payment; VA, SSI Recipients To Receive Full Economic Impact Payment $500 per eligible child; The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made special alert for numerous groups of federal benefit recipients including VA, SSI recipients with eligible children to act by May 5 to receive full Economic Impact Payment. According to the details, VA and SSI recipients with eligible children need to act by Tuesday, May 5 to quickly add money to their automatic Economic Impact Payment. Furthermore, the IRS asks for help in the “Plus $500 Push” in this regard. Special alert for VA, SSI benefits recipients to receive full Economic Impact Payment with $500 per eligible child asks to act by May 5 even if they did not file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 and have dependents. The IRS assures them that this is the quick way for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries to receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment along with $500 per eligible child.

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The Commissioner at Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Chuck Rettig, shared his thoughts on IRS Plus $500 Push to the Economic Impact Payments of VA and SSI recipients and said,

We want to ‘Plus $500’ these groups so they can get their maximum Economic Impact Payment of $1,200 and their $500 for each eligible child as quickly as possible. They’ll get $1,200 automatically, but they need to act quickly and use the Non-Filers tool on IRS.gov to get the extra $500 per child added to their payment. Everyone should share this information widely and help others with the Plus $500 Push, so that more Americans get more money as fast as possible.

Special Alert for VA, SSI Recipients to Receive Full Economic Impact Payment with $500 per Eligible Child

The IRS will issue $1,200 Economic Impact Payment of several groups of federal benefit recipients including Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries very soon. The IRS further says that the VA and SSI recipients can also add the $500 per eligible child amount to these payments. In order to do so, VA and SSI recipients are required to provide their dependent information by May 5 to the IRS before the payments are issued. Otherwise, at the time of Economic Impact Payment, they will only get $1,200. Moreover, the additional $500 per eligible child amount would be paid in association with a return filing for tax year 2020, as per the law.

This is the result of far-reaching work by the IRS as well as other U.S. government agencies that $1,200 automatic payments will soon be received by federal benefits recipients. Those who will receive payments soon include Social Security retirement, survivor or disability benefits (SSDI), Railroad Retirement benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries who did not file a tax return in the last two years i.e. 2018 and 2019. The IRS assures that individuals in VA and SSI recipients groups are not required to take any action as they will receive their $1,200 payment automatically. For benefits recipients belonging to VA and SSI groups to receive full Economic Impact Payment with $500 per eligible child is a remarkable relief by U.S. government.

IRS Special “Plus $500 Push” For SSI, VA to Get Additional $500 per Dependent Child Payment

An additional step is required by SSI, VA benefit recipients with children who are not required to file a tax return to quickly add $500 per eligible child onto their automatic payment of $1,200. The IRS provides a limited window to people in SSI, VA groups who have a qualifying child and did not file a 2018 or 2019 tax return. Using the window, these people can get registered to receive automatically added $500 per eligible child to the $1,200 Economic Impact Payment. This can be done by using IRS Non-Filer Tool by May 5, 2020. The IRS Non-Filer tool is available in English & Spanish for the convenience of taxpayers.

How SSI, VA Recipients Can Get $500 Per Dependent Child Payment Along With $1,200 Economic Impact Payment?

If you belong to the group receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Veterans Administration benefits and have a child(ren) and not required to file a tax return in 2018 or 2019, visit the Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here tool on IRS.gov. Quickly provide the related information about yourself and your qualifying children and get $500 per dependent child payment automatically in addition to your $1,200 individual payment. All this is required to do before May 5, 2020. If you fail to do so within the deadline of Tuesday, May 5, then the additional $500 per eligible child amount would be paid in association with a return filing for tax year 2020. If you need any further assistance, Login now to talk to our representatives.

Economic Impact Payments for SSA & RRB Retirees Arriving Next Week

Although, the IRS assures benefits recipients to receive full Economic Impact Payment with $500 per eligible child, but for now only SSI and VA recipients with children will be able to us Non-Filer tool for registration. Dependent information regarding $500 per dependent child payment along with Economic Impact Payments for SSA or RRB recipients have already been received by the IRS within the deadline of April 22. It is expected that automatic payments of registered Social Security retirement, survivors or disability insurance benefits (SSDI) and Railroad Retirement benefits (RRB) will be delivered in next week. Those who failed to register within the deadline can no longer use IRS Non-Filer tool. They will receive only their automatic EIP $1,200 and the additional $500 per eligible child amount would be paid in association with filing a tax return for 2020.

So if you are a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Veterans Administration benefits recipients with eligible children, register yourself to the IRS Non-Filer tool to get additional $500 per dependent child along with $1,200 Economic Impact Payment. Stay connected with our News Section to get latest coronavirus relief efforts by U.S. government.