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Trump throws up "outrageous" roadblock for seniors, people with disabilities in need of $1200 relief checks
Raw Story
April 1, 2020
As millions of Americans await the $1200 cash payments authorized by the latest coronavirus stimulus package, experts and progressive advocates are condemning a move by the Trump administration which would force millions of seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities to jump through unnecesary hoops to receive money they are entitled to under law.
The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance earlier this week announcing that people who do not typically file a tax return -
- a group that includes millions of Social Security recipients and low-income Americans -- "will need to file a simple tax return to receive an economic payment."
"Requiring seniors and people with disabilities who receive form
SSA-1099 (the Annual Social Security benefit statement) to file a tax return is unnecessary..The federal government has all the information it needs." -- said Chuck Marr, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
"This is outrageous," Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, said in a statement on the policy Wednesday.
"The $1200 payments could easily be added automatically to the benefits these people already receive every month."
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Raw Story
April 1, 2020
As millions of Americans await the $1200 cash payments authorized by the latest coronavirus stimulus package, experts and progressive advocates are condemning a move by the Trump administration which would force millions of seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities to jump through unnecesary hoops to receive money they are entitled to under law.
The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance earlier this week announcing that people who do not typically file a tax return -
- a group that includes millions of Social Security recipients and low-income Americans -- "will need to file a simple tax return to receive an economic payment."
"Requiring seniors and people with disabilities who receive form
SSA-1099 (the Annual Social Security benefit statement) to file a tax return is unnecessary..The federal government has all the information it needs." -- said Chuck Marr, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
"This is outrageous," Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, said in a statement on the policy Wednesday.
"The $1200 payments could easily be added automatically to the benefits these people already receive every month."
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"Trump throws up "outrageous" roadblock for seniors, people with disabilities in need of $1200 relief checks"
