Us Government Stimulus Package Eligibility

Aarp also successfully fought to guarantee that low income social security recipients will receive the full 1 200 check not 600 as originally proposed.

Us government stimulus package eligibility. To be eligible for the full amount a person s most recently filed tax return must show that they made 75 000 or under. The 900 billion stimulus package directs 600 to each child in a family as long as they are considered qualifying children under the irs tax code for the child tax credit. Stimulus check earnings limits in.

Single people earning up to 75 000 would receive 600 while married couples earning up to 150 000 would receive 1 200. Benefits are also extended by 13 weeks for workers who run out of the standard 26 weeks of state benefits some states offer less. The second round of checks would have the same type of income phaseouts.

Aarp worked to ensure that individuals who are collecting social security benefits for retirement disability or supplemental security income ssi will be eligible for the stimulus payments. Adults and qualifying children are both eligible for up to 600 each with the second payment. It will direct another 20 billion.

The stimulus plan adds 600 per week on top of what unemployment programs normally pay with that extra cash lasting four months. In principle anyone who is a us citizen is eligible for the stimulus check provided they meet the earnings limits including citizens living outside the country. For couples who can receive a maximum of 2 400 the cutoff is 150 000.