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When Americans can expect their coronavirus relief checks
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
Congresswoman Grace Meng
announced on Monday, April 6, 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.
Th e 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
fi nancial burden that they are experiencing
due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic.
“People in Queens and across the nation
are hurting, and this fi nancial 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).
Th e IRS has direct deposit information
for these individuals from their 2018 or
2019 tax returns. Th is will include Social
Security benefi ciaries who fi led federal
tax returns that included direct deposit
information.
Shortly (possibly within 10 days) aft er
the fi rst round of payments are made in
mid-April, the IRS plans to make a second
round of payments. Th ese payments
will be made to social security benefi ciaries
who did not fi le tax returns in 2018 or
2019 and receive their social security benefi
ts via direct deposit.
Approximately three weeks aft er the
fi rst 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 Identifi cation Number (ITIN) to
receive these funds as well. Currently, the
CARES Act only allows the money to be
sent to those who fi le 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.
Th ey 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.”
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