When Americans can expect their coronavirus relief checks
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Congressman
Gregory W. Meeks
5th Congressional District of New York
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BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Congresswoman Grace
Meng announced on Monday
that the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) is working to
distribute coronavirus relief
payments that are being
made available under the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and
Economic Security (CARES)
Act.
The relief package, which
was recently passed by Congress
and signed into law by
President Trump, will provide
payments of up to $1,200
per adult and $500 per child
to help many taxpayers with
the financial burden that
they are experiencing due to
the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic.
“People in Queens and
across the nation are hurting,
and this financial assistance
will provide important
short-term relief to families
and workers,” Meng said. “I
will monitor these timelines
to ensure that constituents
receive their payments.”
According to the House
Ways and Means Committee,
the IRS is expected to
make approximately 60 million
payments to Americans
through direct deposit in
mid-April (likely the week of
April 13). The IRS has direct
deposit information for these
individuals from their 2018
or 2019 tax returns. This will
include Social Security beneficiaries
who filed federal
tax returns that included direct
deposit information.
Shortly (possibly within
10 days) after the first round
of payments are made in
mid-April, the IRS plans
to make a second round of
payments.
These payments will be
made to social security beneficiaries
who did not file tax
returns in 2018 or 2019 and
receive their social security
benefits via direct deposit.
Approximately three
weeks after the first round
of payments are made (the
week of May 4), the IRS is expected
to begin issuing paper
checks to individuals.
On April 3, Meng helped
to introduce a new legislation
— Leave No Taxpayer
Behind Act — that would allow
immigrants who use an
individual Tax Identification
Number (ITIN) to receive
these funds as well. Currently,
the CARES Act only allows
the money to be sent to those
who file their taxes with a social
security number, leaving
millions of immigrants ineligible
to receive these critical
payments.
“Just like millions of
American citizens, working
immigrants and mixed-status
families are falling on
hard times due to the COVID-
19 pandemic. They too have
bills to pay and loved ones
to support. And many immigrants
fortunate to still have
a job are among the essential
employees who are risking
their health and safety by
working on the frontlines
during this outbreak,” Meng
said. “We must immediately
right this wrong and help
our hard-working immigrant
communities receive
this needed assistance.”
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–
4526.
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