A COVID-19 Update from Our Commissioner
Reading Time: 1 MinuteLast Updated: February 21, 2023
I want you to hear directly from me how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our services. The first thing you should know is that we continue to pay benefits. Be aware that scammers may try to trick you into thinking the pandemic is stopping your Social Security payments but that is not true. Don’t be fooled.
To protect you and help stop the spread of this coronavirus, we cannot accept visitors in our offices at this time. There are several other ways you can get help. Many services are available online. If you have a critical need that you cannot address online, we can help you over the phone.
Please visit our website to find out what services we are continuing and which ones we are suspending, how to contact us, and important information about deadlines we are extending to ease the burden on you and medical providers during this pandemic.
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Andrew Saul, Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Commissioner of Social Security Administration (June 17, 2019 - July 9, 2021)
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jane
Guess what people, you have to file taxes, even ssi ssdi ect to get the check. And I don’t have my forms, and getting ahold of social security for said forms will be ridiculously impossible…. and and and. So thanks for nothing.
Ruth B.
U should b able 2 request forms on here
Ricky
Your right 100 % Ruth
JOHN
GO TO COVID19 IRS.GOV WEB SITE TO READ ALL ABOUT THE CHECKS. IT SAYS THAT ALL SSI AND SSD WILL GET THE MONEY AND THERE WILL BE A EASY FORM COMING SOON TO THE IRS WEB SITE TO FILL OUT AND SUBMIT IT THERE ON LINE. THEY ARE SAYING 1,200 FOR SSI AND SSD RECIPIENTS, GO LOOK AND GET THE INFO CORRECT FROM THERE.NOT FROM HERE.
Kari
I dont get this I’m on ssdi they irs has a copy of my ssa1099 form and it says now will have to file a simple form does not make since when they have that form already.I thought we didnt have to file if they had that form. This is my only income dont owe tax.
V.V.
Hi Kari. The Department of the Treasury will soon provide information about economic impact payments under the recently enacted law, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. Treasury, not Social Security, will be making direct payments to eligible people. Please do not contact Social Security about these payments as the agency does not have information to share. Instead, for the latest information, please visit http://www.irs.gov/coronavirus. We hope this information helps.
Wfl
I am on SSI even you try to file they won’t let you since you don’t owe
Jason S.
there are always people who want to take advantage of the opportunity in distress, be carefu and stay safe
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S.S.I. R.
How will people receiving S.S.I. get their Covid-19 stimulus benefits? Most of us do not file taxes. Will it automatically be given to us via Direct Express or are we basically screwed over?
…and if we do get it, will it count against our S.S.I. benefits?
Why are their no official answers to these questions?
V.V.
Hi there. Please do not call us about economic impact payments. Instead, for the latest information, please visit http://www.irs.gov/coronavirus.
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Snowman
Please clarify-
How will the people on supplemental security income receive a check since they do not file taxes and do not receive the usual 1099 form from ssa ?
V.V.
Hi there. Please do not call us about economic impact payments. Instead, for the latest information, please visit http://www.irs.gov/coronavirus.
Rose
Social Security recipients eligible,
AARP worked to ensure that individuals who are collecting Social Security benefits for retirement, disability or Supplemental Security Income will be eligible for the stimulus checks, based on their tax returns or Social Security Administration data. AARP successfully fought to guarantee that low-income Social Security recipients will receive the full $1,200 check, not $600 as originally proposed.
Quick Questions
Will people on Social Security disability get a stimulus check?
If you receive Social Security benefits for disability, retirement or Supplemental Security Income, you are eligible to receive a stimulus check or direct deposit. Only individuals whose annual adjusted gross income exceeds $99,000 will not get checks.
I get Social Security benefits? Do I have to file taxes to get a check?
Social Security recipients do not have to file taxes to receive a stimulus check. The government can send your check or direct deposit using the information you have provided to the Social Security Administration.
Will I need to fill out any other forms to get the stimulus check?
No. The federal government will automatically send you a direct deposit or check using the information on your tax return or that you have provided to the Social Security Administration if you currently are receiving benefits. However, if you are not receiving Social Security benefits and did not file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 yet, you will need to file a 2019 return to get the stimulus money.
If you are receiving Social Security benefits but didn’t file taxes in 2018 or 2019, you will be eligible to receive a stimulus check without a tax return based on data available to the IRS from your annual Social Security benefits statement. The government will send you a direct deposit or check using the information from your Form SSA-1099 Social Security Benefit Statement or your Form RRB-1099 Social Security Equivalent Benefit Statement. You will not have to file a 2019 tax return to get a stimulus check.
The bill does not set a date for when the direct deposits and checks will start to go out, saying only that the Treasury secretary will send the payments “as rapidly as possible.” The money could be sent either by mail or direct deposit.
Who qualifies for a stimulus check?
The size of the check will decrease based on income for individuals who earned more than $75,000 based on their tax return for last year (or their 2018 return if they have not filed yet). The rebate check for individuals will shrink by $5 for every $100 earned over $75,000. For couples who filed jointly, the reduction will start once they earn more than $150,000; for heads of household, at $112,500. This calculator can help you determine how much you might receive in a stimulus check.
Individuals who earned more than $99,000 and couples who earned more than $198,000 jointly will not receive checks.
According to the law, people who do not receive Social Security benefits and also do not typically file taxes because their income is very low will need to file a 2019 tax return in order to receive a stimulus check. That may be a challenge for some, however, because many services that help low-income taxpayers file tax returns for free have suspended in-person operations to deter the spread of the coronavirus. Most low-income taxpayers are eligible to file tax returns online for free through the IRS Free File program.
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on March 26, 2020. It has been updated to include the president signing the bill.
Snowman
Rose,
None of that really addresses those on Supplemental security income. They do not file taxes and neither do they receive a 1099 SSA benefit statement.
Marcus
Rose, This still does not clarify those on supplemental security income. They do not file taxes and they do not receive a SSA1099.
Marcus
No one yet has clarified the following.
How will those individuals on supplemental security income supposed to receive a check if they did not file a tax return, and they don’t get a 1099 for supplemental security income.
V.V.
Hi Marcus. Please do not call us about economic impact payments. Instead, for the latest information, please visit http://www.irs.gov/coronavirus.
Hospitals &.
Please inform the public they are to self-medicate coronavirus with corticosteroids and ampicillin. Normally there is no treatment for coronaviruses other than a caution to wash hands and keep clean. For Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a coronavirus, the treatment with no fatalities was to ventilate the patient and medicate with the antibiotic levofloxacin (Levaquin), and corticosteroids methylprednisolone IV and then prednisone (Kit-Ying ’06).
Kit-Ying, Loletta; Chun-Wing, Arthur; Yin-Chun, Loretta. SARS Treatment. SARS Reference. Bernd Sebastian Kamps & Christian Hoffman
(editors). 2006
Ben
But this is not a bacteria, it is a virus; so antibiotics would not work on this, correct?