{"content":[{"text":"Friday, April 10, 2020 \n For Immediate Release","bbox":{"left":0.047098,"top":0.025689,"width":0.151529,"height":0.031548999999999994}},{"text":"Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer \n press.office@ssa.gov","bbox":{"left":0.703415,"top":0.025689,"width":0.226236,"height":0.031548999999999994}},{"text":"News Release \n SOCIAL SECURITY","bbox":{"left":0.269526,"top":0.121539,"width":0.460513,"height":0.104835}},{"text":"New Guidance about COVID-19 Economic Impact \n Payments for Social Security and Supplemental \n Security Income (SSI) Beneficiaries from Social \n Security Commissioner Andrew Saul \n “The Treasury Department launched a new web tool allowing quick registration for \n Economic Impact Payments for eligible individuals who do not normally file a tax return, \n and also announced that it would begin making automatic payments. However, for some \n people receiving benefits from the Social Security Administration--specifically those who \n have dependent children under the age of 17--it is to their advantage to go to this portal to \n ensure they also get the $500 per dependent Economic Impact Payment. I encourage \n them to do this as soon as possible, and want to provide the following details:","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.263028,"width":0.704977,"height":0.24713899999999994}},{"text":"People who receive Social Security retirement, survivors, or disability insurance benefits \n and who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019 and who have qualifying children \n under age 17 should now go to the IRS’s webpage at \n www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments to enter their information instead \n of waiting for their automatic $1,200 Economic Impact Payment. By taking proactive \n steps to enter information on the IRS website about them and their qualifying children, \n they will also receive the $500 per dependent child payment in addition to their $1,200 \n individual payment. If Social Security beneficiaries in this group do not provide their \n information to the IRS soon, they will have to wait to receive their $500 per qualifying \n child.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.524803,"width":0.6958040000000001,"height":0.17724499999999999}},{"text":"The same new guidance also applies to SSI recipients, especially those who have \n qualifying children under age 17. To receive the full amount of the Economic Impact \n Payments you and your family are eligible for, go to the IRS’s Non-Filers: Enter \n Payment Info page at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments and provide \n information about yourself and your qualifying children.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.716684,"width":0.691219,"height":0.08993499999999999}},{"text":"Additionally, any new beneficiaries since January 1, 2020, of either Social Security or \n SSI benefits, who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019, will also need to go to the \n IRS’s Non-Filers website to enter their information.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.821255,"width":0.674784,"height":0.05509800000000009}},{"text":"Social Security National Press Office","bbox":{"left":0.295016,"top":0.955322,"width":0.268402,"height":0.018595000000000028}},{"text":"Baltimore, MD","bbox":{"left":0.595523,"top":0.955322,"width":0.10937200000000002,"height":0.018595000000000028}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}