Yesterday, the Social Security office released new information regarding Social Security recipients of economic impact payments. As stated in the article below, senior citizens will not be required to file anything additionally to receive the payments.
“Social Security recipients who are not typically required to file a tax return do not need to take an action, and will receive their payment directly to their bank account,” said Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin.
Please see the article from the Internal Revenue Service concerning this topic: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm967
