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Economic Impact Payments

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Millions of Americans have already received their Economic Impact Payments authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to calculate and automatically send the Payments to most eligible individuals, however some may have to provide additional information to the IRS to get their Payments. Review the IRS page for FAQs and current updates.

IRS Warns: Don’t fall prey to Coronavirus tricks; retirees among potential targets

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The IRS reminds retirees who don’t normally have a requirement to file a tax return that no action on their part is needed to receive their $1,200 economic impact payment. Seniors should be especially careful during this period. The IRS reminds retirees – including recipients of Forms SSA-1099 and RRB-1099 − that no one from the agency will be reaching out to them by phone, email, mail or in person asking for any kind of information to complete their economic impact payment, also sometimes referred to as rebates or stimulus payments. The IRS is sending these $1,200 payments automatically to retirees – no additional action or information is needed on their part to receive this. The IRS reminds taxpayers that scammers may: ▪️ Emphasize the words “Stimulus Check” or “Stimulus Payment.” The official term is economic impact payment. ▪️ Ask the taxpayer to sign over their economic impact payment check to them. ▪️ Ask by phone, email, text or social media for veri

Economic Impact Payments

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