Your stimulus payment will not be taxable & surprisingly, the Dems won expanding it to people on Soc Security or disability.

Calculate how much you’ll get from the $1,200 (or mo...

Retirees and the disabled were excluded before. The unemployment is much better, so much that Sen Graham is having the vapors, but he voted for it anyway.

Thank you. This cheers me up, I love money

Interesting. Do you have to apply or are they just basing it off of tax returns?

They are basing it off 2018, maybe 2019, tax returns. If you filed electronically, even better

So if you don’t file taxes, you don’t get anything. If you are on social sec/disability, it will be paid the same way you get those payments

Is it a one time payment?

I had zero income so I didn’t file. So does that mean I won’t get it? That would really suck.

Maybe it’s worth it for me to file 2018 late and pay fines because then I’d get it?

✴Sparkling✴ : yup

Yay I get it. I was worried I wouldn’t since I quit my job to go back to school

Holy moly! I'm happy about that at least.

FREEarmStar🌟🎉 : you should file

People who have not filed tax returns can still get the money, but it will take longer. If you didn't file in 2018 or 2019, and you file NOW, you will probably get the money with everyone else. I'm sure there will be ways to get the money for people who have not filed.

I mean file if you have a reason to file, always. If you paid any income tax at all

Seems to be a one time payment. Still... I’ll believe it when it’s deposited

Yeah I haven’t filed the last two years because I have no income (only social assistance) and no assets since I sold my house. I’ll check out one of the tax websites. Is this a done thing? It’s really happening? Anyone got a government link describing it?

You can file for 2018 or 2019, you won't be late for 19

They are open to another payment depending on how long this persists. The Dems wanted four months of higher payments, but they compromised on this to get the far larger unemployment win

The change in unemployment will do far more good. Because it does more to make people whole.

UI is around 50-65% of your income....adding 600 to each payment is actually a lot of money

and it opens UI to people who normally cannot get UI

This all seems so promising, but I'm dubious about the followt hrough.

So, it's not taxed but does it count against next years refund? I mean, will I get less of a refund next year because of this? That was one of the down side of the Bush checks.

MarvelMouse 🐭 : Thank you. I hope what you said is true. I hit the button on filing this morning around 10:30. I just received an email that the IRS accepted my return. I hope that makes me good to be paid along with everyone else.

Zaaf good! It was advice from the business people on tv, so I think it makes sense.

It does!

Hmm. I suspect the expats I know over here won't be availing themselves of this, given the complexity of filing taxes overseas. I know two or three who haven't filed in 20-30 years. Call it a different sort of tax exile.

Moire Opie : I’m an expat and I haven’t filed the last 2-3 years but I’ll definitely file this year. It’s not complicated at all. There’s several websites where you can do it free or low cost.

I don't think I'm going to convince any of the people I know. but I'd be curious to know how you get on.