By March 2025, millions of Americans will be receiving a one-time payment of $1,338. The direct stimulus payment is intended to assist individuals and families in covering the increasingly growing cost of living, which includes vital costs such as rent and groceries and utilities. Wondering if you qualify, how to go about claiming your payment, … Read more
If you get Group 3 pension payments, you will get about $1,860. This eligibility method has certain requirements that one can quickly satisfy. Let us talk a bit about who qualifies, how the payment schedule will run, and what generation you are looking at in March 2025. Eligibility Requirements for the Next Social Security Direct … Read more
Towards the back end of 2024, the IRS announced a major initiative to make up for lost Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) for around 1 million eligible taxpayers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new stimulus checks, valued at $1,400 each, are to be paid to eligible individuals who either did not claim the Recovery Rebate Credit … Read more
In the early morning, light filtering through the window of Margaret Wilson’s kitchen in Winnipeg caught the rising steam from her tea. Margaret is 76 and reviews her monthly budget, a practice that is becoming harder and harder with time. “My husband passed away three years ago,” she says, cupping her hands around the mug … Read more
Finally, the check that I had been anxiously awaiting for what seemed like an eternity arrived on a Tuesday, about three weeks into the nationwide lockdown. I was laid off, like millions of Americans, when my employer-a small catering company in Pittsburgh-had to shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. My savings would have lasted for … Read more