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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. tom

    So nice to hear they will give out another 1200.00 to everyone but ME! Why do i not get one? i am an american born here with a social security card. dont usually file since i dont make enough to pay (like in im DIRT POOR) any taxes.and did this yr since they said to to get the check…SO WHERE IS IT? Been to all the irs and gov sites trying to work with that and all i get is nonsense messages.
    Getting really disgusted with the way they do things.
    1.4 billion in stimulus checks to DEAD PEOPLE and they cant even get it out to all the live ones.

  2. Shelly t.

    Hi my name is shelly torell and i am on ssi my mother carla isserlis is my payee and i have not received first stimulus they are saying not enough info well being on ssi is plenty info.. People that are in jail and passed awsy got theres .. Just not right

    • Vonda V.

      Hi Shelly, 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. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. Thanks!

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  4. Ted A.

    I’ve been notified that my stimulus package was sent to my designated account# ********** 5100 on May 13, 2020 and June 1, 2020, via mail, but I haven’t received any one of those. Just a reminder, I’ve been living temporarily here in the Philippines with my family and been stuck due to COVID 19. My new address is: SITIO #4, BAHAY PARE CANDABA, PAMPANGA 2013 PHILIPPINES. I just wanted to know if I can still be able to avail the benefits even if I’m not in the US right now.

    • Vonda V.

      Hi Ted, 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. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. Thanks!

  5. Naina

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  6. iraida L.

    What’s going on with people on ss the they don’t have to fille taxes are they the last person to recive the stimulus checks

  7. Pam

    Hello,

    I need someone’s help please. The IRS can’t see that I am on SSI. I don’t understand and neither do they. I have been on SSI for 2 yr.’s now. Direct deposit every month. I have spoken to the IRS several times and they say they can’t help me. I don’t know where to turn. I have already reached out to my congressman and they haven’t helped at all. I don’t know what to do. I need them to see I get SSI so I can get my stimulus check. I am so frustrated. Please help me figure this out…. I am BEGGING YOU! PLEASE HELP ME.

    Thank you for taking the time to read this,

    Pam L. Nielson
    (Nagel)

  8. One o.

    Periodically, I must provide a “Benefit Verification Letter” to a local agency. Unfortunately, the letter is not entirely truthful. First, correctly, it states “the full monthly Social Security benefit before any deductions.” It then states, inaccurately, the amount of money deducted “for medical insurance premiums each month.” Then it states a dollar amount for “[t]he regular monthly Social Security payment” which is the rounded-down difference between the two.
    This leads a reader to reasonably conclude that amount to be the amount deposited to my account each month.
    In truth, the “medical insurance premiums” deducted each month which are referred to in the letter only represent what has been deducted for my Medicare Part B premium and not what has been deducted for my Medicare Part D premium.
    The actual true amount deposited to my account each month is what the local agency is interested in having evidenced by a document. Unfortunately, the Social Security Administration will not provide me with such a letter.
    May I suggest that the Social Security Administration be allowed to inform me in writing of the amount actually deposited to my account each month?

  9. Angie s.

    I recieve ssi and I was accepted apirl 11 2020 and I still have received no stimulus payment.

    • Vonda V.

      Hi Angie, 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. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. Thanks!

  10. Wyndy H.

    Please, please…where is my #1 stimulus check? It is now June19, 2020! WH

    • Vonda V.

      Hi Wyndy, 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. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. Thanks!

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