Congressman Cohen Leads Letter to IRS Commissioner Seeking to Extend Deadline for Economic Impact Payments for Non-Filers

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today led a letter with his Congressional colleagues asking Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles P. Rettig to extend the deadline and expand outreach efforts for an estimated 9 million people eligible for economic impact payments but whose incomes do not require that they file annual federal tax returns. The current deadline is October 15.

The letter reads in part:

"We are writing to express our concern that almost nine million Americans who are eligible for economic impact payments (EIPs) – the majority of whom have incomes that are too low to require a tax filing obligation – are set to be excluded from this much-needed aid. Therefore, we request that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) extend its deadline of October 15 for non-tax filers to submit their information on the IRS website. We also urge the IRS to broaden its outreach efforts beyond notification letters to ensure each eligible American receives their payment.

"The IRS should be making every possible effort to ensure these individuals receive this payment, and the upcoming October 15, 2020 deadline will prohibit millions of Americans from doing so."

See the entire letter here.

The letter was signed by Members Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Tony Cárdenas, Ed Case, Jim Cooper, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jahana Hayes, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Jamie Raskin, Tim Ryan and Peter Welch.