Thread by @Monaheart1229

‼️SUPER IMPORTANT:
IRS posted a notice on its website on Monday instructing Social Security recipients to file a ‘simple’ tax return in order to receive a stimulus check. The form for this will be on the IRS site 'soon'. #WednesdayWisdom
washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…

2-"Many lawmakers and advocates for the poor say filing a tax return shouldn’t be necessary for people on Social Security because the government already knows how to send this population monthly checks. The $2.2 trillion aid legislation, passed in response to the coronavirus

3-"pandemic, said that if someone has not filed a 2019 or 2018 tax return, the U.S. Treasury should get their information from Social Security, if applicable. But, the Internal Revenue Service posted a notice on its website on Monday

4-"instructing Social Security recipients who do not normally send in a return to file a “simple” tax return, which will be available soon. “People who typically do not file a tax return will need to file a simple tax return to receive an economic impact payment," the IRS said.

5-"“Low-income taxpayers, senior citizens, Social Security recipients, some veterans and individuals with disabilities who are otherwise not required to file a tax return will not owe tax.” A request to IRS and the Treasury Department for comment about the discrepancy was not

6-"returned. Democrats and some Republicans are upset that the Trump administration isn’t doing more to help ensure that as many Americans as possible get these payments during this national health emergency.

7-"Thirty-four Democratic senators sent the White House a letter Wednesday asking why the Trump administration is placing this “significant burden” on senior citizens and the disabled. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri called it “ridiculous."

8-"More than 15 million Americans on Social Security do not file an annual tax return because their income is so low, according to the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. During the last recession, when the U.S. government sent most Americans a stimulus check

9-"and required a filed tax return to get it, 3.5 million Social Security recipients were left out because they never sent a return, according to a 2008 Treasury Department analysis." ~WaPo

10-"..Mnuchin said direct deposits should begin by April 17, followed by checks in the mail. About 60 percent of tax filers gave the IRS direct-deposit information in recent years, said Nicole Kaeding of the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.

11-"The IRS said there would soon be a web-based portal for people to update their direct-deposit information."