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Act Now – Go to IRS.gov – A Message from Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul

April 20, 2020 • By

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Last Updated: March 17, 2021

Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who don’t file tax returns will start receiving their automatic Economic Impact Payments directly from the Treasury Department soon. People receiving benefits who did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes, and have qualifying children under age 17, however, should not wait for their automatic $1,200 individual payment. They should immediately go to the IRS’s webpage and visit the Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here section to provide their information. 

Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries with dependent children and who did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes need to act by Wednesday, April 22, in order to receive additional payments for their eligible children quickly. SSI recipients need to take this action by later this month; a specific date will be available soon.

By taking this proactive step to enter information on the IRS website about them and their qualifying children, they will also receive the $500 per dependent child payment in addition to their $1,200 individual payment. If beneficiaries in this group do not provide their information to the IRS soon, their payment at this time will be $1,200. People would then be required to file a tax year 2020 tax return to obtain the additional $500 per eligible child.

I urge Social Security and SSI recipients with qualifying children who do not normally file taxes to take action now. Immediately go to IRS.gov so that you will receive the full amount of the Economic Impact Payments you and your family are eligible for.

Action Needed for Social Security Beneficiaries with Dependents and Who Do Not File Tax Returns to Receive $500 Per Child Payment

People with Direct Express debit cards who enter information at the IRS’s website should complete all of the mandatory questions, but they may leave the bank account information section blank as Treasury already has their Direct Express information on file.

Additionally, any new beneficiaries since January 1, 2020, of either Social Security or SSI benefits, who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019, will also need to go to the IRS’s Non-Filers website to enter their information as they will not receive automatic payments from Treasury.

Click here to view the IRS press release about this important issue.

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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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Comments

  1. Romona J.

    When will the Social SecurityDisability will receive their money I don’t file taxes just email me at romonajones56@yahoo.com thank you. Romona Jones

  2. Omar A.

    I recently received a baby in 2020 and we all heard that we would get $1,200 but I still haven’t received it and it’s been a few weeks and do you have any idea why and when it’s going to arrive.and I don’t revive any tax return from direct deposit .

  3. Yuba

    My mum never work in USA but she is getting ssi disability from social security, and she able to get stimulus check

  4. Tammy S.

    I fill out the info on my daughter , my daughter and myself get a check off my husband he is on disability .. I fill out the non filter info on irs.gov . how can i check and see if it went there for her or not ..

  5. Nichole

    Is there a reason why when searched on the portal it says their is no information on my mom to receive her payment but my dad will be? They’re both on ssdi my mom has been on it almost 5 years longer than my dad. Is there no way to add information needed for those who get that message?

  6. Latifa

    What if you don’t have a bank account just direct express?how will I get it

    • Peter

      Thats where it supposed to be , some got it some didnt , for no reason in limbo thank you i.r.s. for nothing

  7. Gilberto C.

    Ok thanks

  8. Cheryl C.

    I just read that if you have a Direct Express card you have to enter alternative bank account because it wont go on that card. I am my husbands payee but we are seperated. Can I put in my bank info for his stimulous check? The Direct Express card is in my name but not sure if I put his info into the non -filers and use my bank account info!?

    • Jessica P.

      not true

    • Peter

      You try and do that put it your account one word JAIL TIME it’ll be on a direct express card

    • Peter

      You try that , if you do , its called JAIL TIME , it dont matter who you are , its his its in his name it belongs to him , you gotta wait like all of us unfortunate waiting endlessly

    • Terri

      Thief

  9. Sherrie F.

    My mother passed away March 29,2020
    She received a stimulus check to go direct deposit
    In her bank account . The bank sent it back to the IRS . We could have used this money to help with her funeral .

    • Terri

      So your mom passed 30 days ago and y’all still haven’t buried her??

  10. Quoinzel W.

    I claimed my grandmother on my 2018 taxes return, I didn’t claim her on 2019 taxes, will she be eligible for a stimulus payment?

    • Peter

      Anything possible now there got it all messed up ,.0n a norm it be no, anybody claimed by someone gets nothing, but it’s right now a mess people getting that shouldn’t have or people not getting me im waiting still, mine is easy no dependents no one claim me no child supports so anything possible

    • Wanda

      No she wont…

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