IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED: Demand Sec. Steven Mnuchin waive today’s deadline for Social Security recipients
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced anyone receiving Social Security who has a dependent and who does not file an annual tax return has just 48 hours to file an online form in order to receive their dependent pay in 2020.
That is an outrageously fast deadline.
It’s estimated that this burdensome deadline will result in 1 million children missing out on their Economic Impact Payment this year.
Join the Coalition on Human Needs and sign the petition to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin demanding this deadline be immediately extended and that additional efforts be made by Treasury to reach and inform Social Security, SSDI, SSI and Veterans’ pension beneficiaries.
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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
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[Your Name]
By providing Social Security recipients with a 48-hour deadline and an internet-only solution, Treasury is demonstrating its lack of understanding of the circumstances of many older Americans and people with disabilities. At a time of stay-at-home orders, public libraries are not available for computer and internet needs. Those with visual impairments have not been accounted for since the web tool provided by Treasury is not compatible with some screen-reader programs. And, there are many beneficiaries who have no bank accounts or don’t have immediate access to information such as routing numbers, required in the Treasury Department’s web tool. We demand that Treasury immediately extend the deadline for Social Security, SSDI, SSI and Veterans’ pension beneficiaries to file dependent claims and that Treasury make additional efforts to contact and account for impacted communities.