{"id":4608,"date":"2020-11-16T09:19:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=4608"},"modified":"2020-11-16T09:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:35:12","slug":"native-sun-news-today-deadline-extended-for-covid-19-stimulus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/11\/16\/native-sun-news-today-deadline-extended-for-covid-19-stimulus\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Sun News Today: Deadline extended for COVID-19 stimulus"},"content":{"rendered":"\"josephspottedcalfneiss\"\r\n
Joseph Spotted Calf Neiss: \u201cWe helped Rosebud Sioux Tribe stimulus applicants fill out their paperwork directly in our kitchen workspace.\u201d Photo courtesy Oyate For Fairness and Equal Representation (OFFER)<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n
Pandemic consolation prize: View from Indian Country<\/div>\r\n
Native households, still \u2018falling through the cracks\u2019<\/div>\r\n
Monday, November 16, 2020<\/div>\r\n
By Talli Nauman<\/div>\r\n
Native Sun News Today Health & Environment Editor<\/div>\r\n
nativesunnews.today<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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<\/p>\r\nROSEBUD, South Dakota \u2013 In dubbing November 10 “National Economic Impact Payment Registration Day,\u201d the Internal Revenue Service patently confirmed the months-old claim of the grassroots Rosebud Indian Reservation non-profit Oyate For Fairness and Equal Representation<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nLow-income households need special support to avoid \u201cfalling through the cracks\u201d in the effort to obtain the individual Economic Impact Payments Congress provided by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed seven months ago.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nTo offset the personal costs of the Covid-19 pandemic, the act authorized $1,200 per adult and $500 per child for everyone earning less than $75,000 a year. However, countless beneficiaries are still wondering where their relief is, and some don\u2019t yet know they could have it.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe purpose of National Economic Impact Payment Registration Day was to \u201claunch a final push to encourage everyone who doesn’t normally file a tax return to register to receive\u201d the money provided to counter the hardships of the public health crisis, according to the IRS, which is tasked with delivering the individual stimulus payments from the U.S. Treasury.\r\n

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<\/p>\r\nPeople who filed tax returns for 2018 or 2019 or were otherwise registered with the IRS were automatically slated to receive the individual stimulus checks in the mail or direct deposits to bank accounts in most cases.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nMeanwhile, the many who earn less than $12,000 a year and are not required to file income tax return statements must apply for the subsidy as so-called \u201cnon-filers\u201d. Even beneficiaries registered through social security or military service benefits systems must apply to wrangle the aid for their dependent children.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nRecognizing late in the payment process that non-filers were missing out by not applying, IRS mailed letters to 9,000 of the nation\u2019s most needy households in September, urging recipients to use an online non-filers\u2019 portal to claim their fair share.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“Time is running out for those who don’t normally file a tax return to get their payments,” IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said. “Registration is quick and easy, and we urge everyone to share this information to reach as many people as possible before the deadline.”\r\n

<\/p>\r\nBy October 5, the agency had disbursed 160 million stimulus checks. It also had enlisted community service partners to help non-filers apply for the aid.\r\n

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