Some Social Security recipients and other recipients of federal benefits whose children do not have a $ 500 incentive payment will have another chance to collect the payment, according to the IRS.
The IRS said Friday that it will reopen its online registration on August 15 and the website will remain open until September 30. People who may be eligible for the incentive fee should visit the IRS “Non-Filers Tool” and enter information about it children to secure the payments, which it expects to spend by mid-October.
The stimulus controls – authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act and designed to help families weather the weather of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic – had a bumpy lift. Although most taxpayers received their incentives through direct bail within weeks, many households were delayed in receiving their funds. Among them are people who do not file federal income for tax purposes, including some recipients of low-income social security and households.
To date, more than 160 million payments have been sent by the IRS, according to the agency.
“We are allocating additional IRS resources to ensure eligible recipients receive their full payments during this challenging time,” IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said in a statement on Friday.
The agency said recipients of social security, additional income for security, Veterans Department and benefits of railroad managers who already have information about their children through the Non-Filers tool do not have to re-submit the data. It added that in October, they will automatically receive the $ 500 per child.
The incentive checks consisted of $ 1,200 for single taxpayers earning less than $ 75,000 annually and $ 2,400 for married couples earning less than $ 150,000. Children under 17 received $ 500 each. The IRS relied heavily on data on bank accounts or addresses included in taxpayers’ annual returns when directing payments – a hindrance when it came to sending the checks to the millions of Americans who do not file taxes.
To remedy such problems, the IRS set up the Non-Filers page to collect information from people who do not normally file taxes for where the money should be sent.
Who should not use the website?
Not everyone needs to use the Non-Filers tool. As the name already suggests, it is only for people who do not file tax returns – that means people who have a return of 2018 or 2019 should not use the site, according to the IRS.
As noted above, people who qualify to use the website and enter all of their data should not re-enter, the IRS said.
What if you miss the September 30 deadline?
Unfortunately, those who miss the deadline to use the website will have to wait until next year to claim the $ 500 checks, when they can claim the incentive as credit on their 2020 income tax.
As for the chances of a second incentive check, it’s not clear if that will happen at any moment, as Republicans and Democrats in Congress remain far apart in reaching a deal.
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