Purpose: To ensure that BPI alumni can access up to $1,200 COVID stimulus support administered through the IRS.
How Does it Work?
For people who have filed taxes, the IRS will use addresses and direct deposit information from the 2019 tax filing if it’s been submitted or the 2018 filing if it’s been submitted.
For some people not required to file, the IRS will use information from the Social Security Administration for people receiving retirement, disability, or survivor benefits.
But I Haven’t Filed My 2018 or 2019 Taxes!
How to ensure you get the stimulus payment depends on your personal situation:
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I receive social security disability, retirement, or survivor benefits
You’ll receive the stimulus payment the same way you receive social security.
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My income in 2019 was under $12,200 ($24,400 for married couples) or I was not required to file taxes for another reason
You can complete a short form to make sure the IRS has the information necessary to send your payment: https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here
Ask a BPI team member if you’d like help completing this form.
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My income in 2019 was more than $12,200 ($24,400 for married couples) and $69,000 or less
You can file your 2019 taxes for free using the ordinary “free file” tools made available by the IRS: https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/
If you’re uncomfortable using this tool, a BPI volunteer will help prepare your taxes. Ask a BPI team member for the form and to start the process!
- I didn’t file taxes and earned more than $69,000, have questions, or am uncertain how to file taxes on my own
A BPI volunteer will help prepare your taxes! Ask a BPI team member for the form and to start the process.
BPI Support
A member of the BPI team will coordinate with a volunteer tax preparer by collecting necessary documents and information from individual BPI alums and in supporting the alum in submitting the tax returns produced by the volunteer tax preparer.
Process and Timeline
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Download and fill out the intake form and return the completed form with documentation to your BPI contact.
BPI contact works – by phone and email – with you to complete any missing or ambiguous information or documentation.
BPI sends alumni files electronically to volunteer tax preparer who will identify any further necessary information or documentation; BPI contact will work – by phone and email – with you to secure those needed materials or answer questions.
Volunteer tax preparer will prepare federal and state tax returns and will return via email to BPI contact with filing instructions.
BPI contact will support alumni in signing and filing tax forms:
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For alumni with access to printers, envelopes, and stamps, forms will be emailed with instructions.
For alumni without access to printers, forms will be assembled and mailed with instructions on signing and mailing.
