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Commissioner of Social Security Shares Update about COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments for Beneficiaries

April 3, 2020 • By

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Last Updated: February 21, 2023

“I want to provide an update to people who receive benefits from the Social Security Administration.

The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced on April 1 that Social Security beneficiaries who are not typically required to file tax returns will not need to file an abbreviated tax return to receive an economic impact payment. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will use the information on the Form SSA-1099 to generate $1,200 economic impact payments to Social Security beneficiaries who did not file tax returns in 2018 or 2019.

Treasury, not Social Security, will make automatic payments to Social Security beneficiaries. Beneficiaries will receive these payments by direct deposit or by paper check, just as they would normally receive their Social Security benefits.

For updates from the IRS, visit their web page.

Note for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients:

We are working closely with Treasury to address outstanding questions about our SSI recipients in an attempt to make the issuance of economic impact payments as quick and efficient as possible. We realize people are concerned, and the IRS will provide additional information on their web page when available. Please note that we will not consider economic impact payments as income for SSI recipients, and the payments are excluded from resources for 12 months.”

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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. Kathleen G.

    Will Pandemic Unemployment payments affect my SSI benefits? If yes how?

  2. Jennifer D.

    Hi I’m in shared living and under sic sec and
    With a disability do I qualify to receive a stimulus check I am 50 yrs old living in Bridgewater ma

    • V.V.

      Hi Jennifer, 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!

  3. Pamela T.

    I would really like to know when I’ll get my stimulus check? I’m on disability S.S. & only receive $543.00 a month

  4. Dezzal E.

    I’m a SSI receipt and I still.havent gotten my stimulus payment by direct deposit will I still a payment I’m worried about its after the 13th of may and I still haven’t received any payment

  5. Bill M.

    I’m on SSI social security disability and have not received the stimulant payment into my direct deposit yet is there a reason why it says I’m eligible for the 1200 but I still have not received it I do not have to file taxes is there something wrong with the information they have on file

    • Bill M.

      No answer from the IRS page the phone number that you called it says that it’s supposed to been mailed out on the 15 and 18 but still have not received anything not even a letter just wondering what’s really going on is did they just forget about us with low-income ssi

  6. Aloma H.

    I have no dependants and have been on SSDI and SSI since 2004. I received an email saying I would get my impact payment sometime in early May. Now it is May 19th and I have yet to see that payment. But everyone else I talk to have received theirs. I dont understand…

  7. Linda M.

    I am on ssi and didn’t receive a stimulus check. What do I do?

  8. Orlando R.

    When will I get my disability check for May 2020 thank you

    • V.V.

      Hi Orlando, thanks for using our blog. If you receive both Social Security disability and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), you will receive your benefit on the third of the month. If you receive only SSI, you will receive your benefit on the first of the month. If you applied for Social Security benefits after April 30, 1997, the birthday of the person whose record you receive benefits under determines your payment date:
      Date of Birth Payment Day:
      1st through 10th Second Wednesday
      11th through 20th Third Wednesday
      21st through 31st Fourth Wednesday

      Go to Schedule of Social Security Payments for the current payment dates.

  9. Margaret C.

    My social security number is *** – ** – *** and my name is Margaret C. Iwunze. Although I have completed all the necessary forms and I have been informed that I have been receiving my SSA benefits but, in fact I have received nothing since March, 2020. Kindly let me know what is happening.

  10. joe j.

    clearly no one cares about us, you guys just hope we all die this is so dumb… HOMELESS PEOPLE GOT 1200 BEFORE US, WE NEED HELP TOO PEOPLE ARE GETTING 4k A FRICKEN MONTH N WE BARELY MAKE 600!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND CANT EARN MORE LIKE THIS IS TOTALLY SCREWED UP I HOPE EVERT SINGLE PERSON AT THE IRS GETS SOME NASTY VIRUS N GETS TOO FEEL THE SAME PAIN WE DO

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