Easily Access Your Social Security Benefit Statement
Reading Time: 2 MinutesLast Updated: November 3, 2023
Social Security puts you in control of your finances and future. We have made requesting or replacing your annual Benefit Statement even easier. The Benefit Statement is also known as the SSA-1099 or the SSA-1042S. Now you have the ability to download it anytime and anywhere you want using our online services. There’s no need to visit a field office.
An SSA-1099 is a tax form Social Security mails each year in January to people who receive Social Security benefits. It shows the total amount of benefits you received from Social Security in the previous year so you know how much Social Security income to report to IRS on your tax return.
If you currently live in the United States and you need a replacement form SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S, simply go online and request an instant, printable replacement form with a my Social Security account.
A replacement SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S is available for the previous tax year after February 1.
If you already have a personal my Social Security account, you can access your online account to view and print your SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S. If you don’t have access to a printer, you can save the document on your computer or laptop and email it. If you don’t have a my Social Security account, creating a secure account is very easy to do and usually takes less than 15 minutes.
If you’re a noncitizen who lives outside of the United States and you received or repaid Social Security benefits last year, we will send you form SSA-1042S instead. The forms SSA-1099 and SSA-1042S are not available for people who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
When you have access to your benefit information, you can make knowledgeable decisions about your financial future. With you in control, you can secure today and tomorrow for yourself and your loved ones. Visit our website to find out more.
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Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications
Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications
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Lisa H.
I am not able to access account. They do no recognize me because I did not provide a change of address to social Security when I moved 3 years ago. I see up my account years before I moved but didnt remember all the places that o needed to notify. I cant access it to make the change. OS there any way to solve this online?.
Maxine P.
I have been informed that my social security number has been accessed illegally and I have been the target of identity theft. Please install an alert on my number.
Lynn W.
You said that my amt. of SS would increase. You sent me a second ck. for 138. for February but haven’t sent one for March…. you said it would increase each month after that…. can you please tell me what the heck is true.
Richard P.
I would very much make a my Social Security account on line, but I live outside the USA in Bangkok Thailand. I tried at first to make a account but it rejected. Is there any plans in the future to let person living outside the USA to be able to have some access to their SS information?
Julie
Yeah that used to work until a social security employee erased my email and user name. I can no longer use the my social security page. No I can not get to the local office!!! Give me my dang access back!! I don’t care what the credit bureau says, after all they have been hacked several times and my identity has been stolen!!
Glenn A.
Pls email my 2018 1099 Statement. Glenn Perry
Curtis W.
Yeh I’ve just spent the last two days trying to get everything in order paperwork for SSI SSDI whatever and I think they they say that they’re road on their blog about how hard it is for people to navigate the website will be a people that don’t realize we are challenged physically at times because we are disabled that we have a hard time with that stuff people take for granted and do every day I’ve not always been like this I’ve had an easy time with technology over the past years and I built my first computer quite some time ago on nowadays it comes very hard you know and I was telling trying to blog on the website for you guys and the social security administration and numerous times I’ve either got cut off I’ve had to start over I’ve had to change some spelling this this is stuff we fund face everyday of our lives anymore and I think I should maybe work for them and get a job working out the kinks in their websites I don’t know but even as we spoke speak I have a hard time getting an app that really friends correctly which what I’m saying or conveys it I don’t know but there’s been a really a couple of rough days here I had to go downtown and get some of this paperwork done for an outfit that I get my houshouh please prime eeeeexampleeee
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John E.
Forgot how to access my social security information
Gene L.
I am widow for 16 months, I’m residing here in Japan non citizen my husband died 10/13/17 he is American. I contact to US Embassy Japan lady working at Social Security benefits, it seems nothing to do with me because I’m not US citizen!! I need help’ nobody care my situation.My DOB 01/15/58 my late husband’s Teddy Alton Messick DOB 06/17/42 died 10/13/17..
Tanya R.
Yes ma’am. Based on the information you gave me, the minimum age you may collect widow’s benefits is 60. (01/2018)
We would need your birth certificate and marriage certificate. There is also a 2-year window to file for the Lump Sum Death Payment of $255.00. Hope that helps.
Curtis w.
yeah I sent you a email earlier about or maybe it was a post on your blog but you know the reason why I think is because people have a hard time navigating your website and I know it’s not supposed to be difficult but being that some of us are disabled now that it’s hard to you know either get cut off of your your hit wrong button on your keyboard you say that you know what to say is I’ve been trying I’ve been over a year trying to get it accessible remember being sitting at the your place at the county building one time trying to do it over all along lash I’ve been sitting in your line at the social security office you know and stood there for a couple hours trying to do it then and you can get it worked out in OSHA I really love the fact that you guys are going I text and it will save the government money in the long run I just don’t think it’s very user-friendly you know ask for that password if you forget that then you got to prove this and it’s like every time I tried to log on to the email address for you guys sent me the email at it tells me that my either my username is wrong or my password is wrong and I try and have you guys send me a code to get it all jive Iand and it’s just not working man and I don’t Iknow I sure hope that I can get it worked out because I know they need to senthe Independence center this document I’m trying to get but I’m so tired from yesterday
and my feet are so swelled that my nurse was here earlier today and I’m just having issues there so all right well respectfully yours concerned citizens at Curtis and I hope you have a great day thank you for listen to an old man and rant how is trying to send this and you know maybe you guys should hire me because I have two hard time navigating a lot of these websites you know you should have somebody’s handicap trying to figure out some of the stuff in the issues Tuesday encounter thing because sending it this sat in the other just trying to get the spelling right you know somebody makes needs to make a better app or something I should have a job doing that I hope one day because trust me I got to refill out stuff so many times you know if you don’t cite save it in time and this is all stuff we face everyday in the public and everything of our lives I mean getting up and dressed is at your most of the morning Janelle but just a navigator website is unbelievable times and I’m sorry there’s a inmate mistakes in some of the words cuz it prints what it wants to at times but that’s another problem we face thank you again