Stimulus checks: Lawmakers demand prompt payments to Social Security recipients
Many Social Security recipients and other beneficiaries still haven't received the third round of stimulus payments, according to a letter from lawmakers calling for quick distribution, even though millions of payments have already been made.
"We were alarmed to learn recently that most Social Security, SSI, RRB, and VA beneficiaries who are not required to file a tax return have not yet received their payments and the IRS is unable to provide an expected timeline for these payments," the chairs of the House Ways and Means Committee wrote in a letter on Monday. "Some of our most vulnerable seniors and persons with disabilities, including veterans who served our country with honor, are unable to pay for basic necessities while they wait for their overdue payments.”
The Internal Revenue Service hasn't announced when federal benefits recipients who don't file taxes will get their payments, promised a timeline would be provided "as soon as it becomes available," the agency said on Monday in a press release.
The IRS didn't respond to Yahoo Money's requests for an updated timeline. The Social Security Administration also did not respond to Yahoo Money's request about when those payments will be available.
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