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Social Security Recipients Will Automatically Receive Economic Impact Payments | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Social Security Recipients Will Automatically Receive Economic
Impact Payments
April 1, 2020

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today
announced that Social Security beneficiaries who are not typically required to file tax returns
will not need to file an abbreviated tax return to receive an Economic Impact Payment. Instead,
payments will be automatically deposited into their bank accounts.

“Social Security recipients who are not typically required to file a tax return do not need to take
an action, and will receive their payment directly to their bank account,” said Secretary Steven T.
Mnuchin.

The IRS will use the information on the Form SSA-1099 and Form RRB-1099 to generate $1,200
Economic Impact Payments to Social Security recipients who did not file tax returns in 2018 or
2019. Recipients will receive these payments as a direct deposit or by paper check, just as they
would normally receive their benefits.

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