Seniors won't have to file tax returns for stimulus check, but some disabled and veterans will
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The Treasury Department has partially reversed their initial decision to throw up unnecessary bureaucratic hoops for seniors obtaining the $1,200 one-time stimulus payment. Originally the administration was going to require them, as well as disabled people oSeniors won't have to file tax returns for stimulus check, but some disabled and veterans will
The Treasury Department has partially reversed their initial decision to throw up unnecessary bureaucratic hoops for seniors obtaining the $1,200 one-time stimulus payment. Originally the administration was going to require them, as well as disabled people on Supplemental Security Income and veterans receiving pensions, to file tax returns in order to get the check. They've relented following mass outrage, at least for seniors. But not for SSI recipients and veterans, unless they also receive Social Security. «This is entirely unacceptable,» Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, said in a statement Thursday. «Our government has the tools to send these groups, who are among the poorest and most vulnerable in America, their benefits automatically. It must reverse this part of its misguided policy, as well, and prioritize these payments, too.» Rep. Jan Schakowsky and her fellow House Democrats agree. They are calling on the Treasury to «IMMEDIATELY ensure all older Americans, can automatically get the stimulus checks they need to survive the #COVID19 crisis.» Sign the petition: Stimulus checks must not leave out disabled people and veterans. Read more