If you dont typically file a tax return, youre running out of time to request the $500-per-child coronavirus relief payment for your kids.
If you didnt file a tax return for 2018 or 2019, the IRS wants you touse the non-filer toolby noon Eastern time tomorrow,April 22, to notify the agency to add $500 per eligible child to your $1,200 relief payment.
If you get Social Security retirement, survivor or disability benefits (SSDI), or Railroad Retirement benefits and youdont usually file a tax return, you should use the non- filer tool ASAP to meet the April 22 deadline.
If you get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Veterans Administration benefits, youll have extra time to notify the IRS about the children in your household by using the non-filer tool.
The IRS says SSI recipients will get their payments in early May, while the payment schedule for VA benefit recipients has not been determined.
Keep in mind that if you usually file taxes and have already filed for either 2018 or 2019, you probably dont need to do anything.
But if youre in one of the above groups and the IRS doesnt already know aboutyour children, you should act ASAP to notify the agency.
If you dont make the deadline (or for SSI/VA benefits, you dont notify the IRS before your check gets printed), youll have to wait until the 2020 tax season begins in spring 2021, and youll have to file a tax return then to get your $500 credit per child.
