The IRS will "automatically" send stimulus payments to those who didn't file a tax return but receive Social Security and other federal benefits. Remaining payments to be delivered within 4 to 6 weeks Rettig, stated that the federal body intends to issue stimulus funds to eligible recipients of SSI, SSDI and RRB "whose data is valid and consistent" in the first week of April. The letter, signed by IRS Commissioner Charles P. Richard Neal (D-MA), "the IRS received the SSA files on March 24 and 25." The IRS has been "working tirelessly" after it received the required paperwork from the SSA following pressure from the committee.Īccording to the March 26 letter sent to the committee's chairman Rep. Stimulus payments for Veteran Affairs (VA) benefit recipients who don't usually file taxes could be issued by mid-April, according to the latest IRS statement.īut the federal body is "exploring whether we can include them with the other recipients," according to a March 26 letter sent by the IRS to the House Ways and Means Committee and shared with Newsweek. Stimulus for VA recipients to be issued by mid-April Payments for these recipients were issued during the last three weeks, the IRS said Tuesday. Many federal benefit recipients who regularly file taxes or who submitted their details using the "Non-Filers" tool have already started to receive their stimulus funds earlier this month. "If no additional issues arise, the IRS currently expects to complete that work and to begin processing these payment files at the end of this week," the IRS said Tuesday.Īccording to the SSA, "the IRS may send your next EIP by check in the mail" to those who received a previous stimulus payment as a prepaid debit card and not via their Direct Express card account. The tool "will not be updated until the weekend of April 3-4 with information for federal beneficiaries expecting payments next week," the IRS advised Tuesday.Īfter receiving the required payment files from the SSA last week, the IRS began "the multi-step process to review, validate, and test tens of millions of records to ensure eligibility and proper calculation" of stimulus payments, according to the federal body. Those expecting to receive stimulus funds can check the status of their payment using the Get My Payment tool at the IRS website.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) said: "We are waiting for information from the IRS about timing for people who will receive their EIP by mail."
"Because the majority of these payments will be disbursed electronically–through direct deposits and payments to existing Direct Express cards–they would be received on the official payment date of April 7," the IRS said Tuesday.
The latest payment update applies to recipients of Social Security retirement, survivor or disability (SSDI), Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) who did not file a 2019 or 2020 tax return nor submit their details using the "Non-Filers" tool at the IRS website.
The federal body projects "the majority of these payments would be sent electronically and received on April 7," it said Tuesday. The Internal Revenue Service expects to begin distributing stimulus payments this weekend to recipients of Social Security and other federal benefits who don't normally file taxes.