Act Now – Go to IRS.gov – A Message from Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul
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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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Katherine B.
I didn’t get my payment yet when will I get it
Lorraine G.
My husband and I have been married for over 30 years and we are both on SSI and raising my three grandkids. I filled out the non filers with all the information they asked for with my bank acct info and my three grandkids info and it stated that it got accepted by the irs a few days ago I got a dd of 1200 am i going to get anything for my husband or my three grandkids
Elizabeth A.
I just found out that IRS sent me a check twice. One to my bank for $1200 and then another one to my husbands bank along with his for $2400. What can I do to rectify this?
Candace s.
I would like to know are we getting the payment as a paper check or the direct express card and when will we should be getting it
Tina
I am on SSI i got 1200 fir me did the none-filler thing around April 14 got nothing for my 3 kid’s
Lucevadenson
I have a 17 year old daughter who is getting SSI would she get check as well I claimed her on my income tax and I did not get funds for her I got funds for the other two underage grandkids
Pauline t.
I am on social security disability, I do not file taxes, I live in my sons house so I let him claim me on his taxes. So they say I don’t get the stimulus payment. But my son also didn’t get the $500 for me probably because I am 63yrs old. This is not fair to me. What can I do?
Tiffany W.
My daughter did not have a bank account to get her check so I let her use mine. My bank sent it back because her name was not on my account what does she do?
M.K
I am in SSI us citizen with my wife and one kids disable I file State taxes return all it goes to my bank account but i did not received the $1200 yet???!!!!
V.V.
Hi M.K., thanks for using our blog. If you’re receiving SSI benefits and you did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes, and have qualifying children under age 17, you should immediately go to the IRS’s Non-Filers: Enter Your Information section to provide your information. SSI recipients who have dependent children and did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes need to act by Tuesday, May 5, in order to receive additional payments for their eligible children quickly.
R H.
My son gets SSI DISABILITY, he is 20 & a dependent on my taxes. Does he qualify for the $1200 stimulus or not?
V.V.
Hi R Hodge, thank you for your question. Please visit the IRS Economic Impact Payments Information Center to answer your questions about eligibility, payment amounts, what to expect, when to expect it and more. Hope this helps!
Lori K.
My husband and I are SS recipients. We get our payments automatically deposited into our joint checking account. We received one amount for $1,200 a couple days ago. I don’t know if that payment was for my husband or for me, but one of us didn’t get our stimulus money. We file our taxes jointly (although we have been given an extension for ‘18 and ‘19). Should we just wait for the other $1,200 to come in? Is this normally how the money is sent out?