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Economic Impact Payments for People with a Rep Payee, and People Living in U.S. Territories

May 14, 2020 • By

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Last Updated: February 21, 2023

Social Security issued an update today about COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments to certain groups of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries. Beneficiaries who have their regular monthly payments managed for them by another person, called a representative payee, will begin receiving their Economic Impact Payments from the IRS in late May.

Special rules apply to beneficiaries living in the U.S. territories: American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In general, the tax authority in each territory, not the IRS, will pay the Economic Impact Payment to eligible residents based on information the IRS will provide to the territories. It is anticipated that beneficiaries in the territories could begin receiving their Economic Impact Payment in early June.

“The Social Security Administration has been working with the IRS to provide the necessary information about Social Security and SSI beneficiaries in order to automate and expedite their Economic Impact Payments,” said Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security. “While millions of our beneficiaries have already received their Economic Impact Payments from the IRS, we continue to work hard for those beneficiaries who are awaiting their payment from the IRS.”

For additional information about payments to beneficiaries with representative payees, please visit our website.

For the territories, people should contact their local tax authority with questions about these payments. Please note their website may use the term “Economic Impact Payment” or “stimulus payment.”

The eligibility requirements and other information about the Economic Impact Payments can be found at the IRS’ Economic Impact Payment Information Center. In addition, please continue to visit the IRS Coronavirus web page for the latest information.

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Comments

  1. Jaime B.

    When will people who are on disability SSI receive their Childrens $500 portion of the stimulus. Adultery receiving their portion but are not receiving their children’s portions.

  2. Angela M.

    I am a Stay at Home Mom with 2 dependents, while the fathers claimed them on their taxes this last year, as I haven’t filed taxes being self employed as a Stay home Mom, unmarried, and they have not paid their child support, and owe past due amounts, yet I can’t receive a Stimulus Check even though I am the Full time care giver and the children live with me year round, and I provide for them year round. Yet they get a stimulus check from the Government for being a Dead beat father that pays child support occasionally, while I am the Mom and Father to my children. As well as I don’t get Unemployment Benefits either. All because I take care of children that are mine, and wasn’t able to file taxes in 2019 and 2018 due to non work because of health with pregnancy, and have a 1 yr old. I am under income requirements, and this is how I and so many other parents get pushed aside because we get to go thru life without any benefits, not allowed a stimulus check, unemployment denial because we put children 1st and our needs subsided to raise them correctly and by our own hands and not by someone being paid to do it.
    Thank you again for not only being a victim of domestic abuse my entire life but continued to be pushed aside and not getting the help we deserve as Parents that work everyday to care for our own.

  3. Mike W.

    I’m a normal American, living in Kansas. I get my Social Security via direct deposit. I’ve done my 2018 taxes, but not my 2019 taxes. I can’t find any information that tells me when I can expect my COVID-19 Economic Impact Payment.
    Here you are talking about US territories and I’m wondering what happened to me. It would just be nice to know a ballpark figure of when I can maybe expect my impact payment.
    I go the IRS web site and they keep saying they don’t have any info on me, which is ridiculous, because I’ve paid taxes since I was 18 years old.
    I hate to complain, because I know this is a major undertaking that’s going on, but I’m feeling a bit left out.
    Thanks for any information you can give me.

  4. Donna s.

    I get said and live one less 150 after rent still no eip

  5. Rachael c.

    I’ve never got myne nor have I heard a word my income is only 14000 a year and I’m a widow that a family member stole our social security checks last month and kicked us out after he spent our whole link card. We’re homeless now

  6. Louis. J.

    Iam on social security Disability and have not received my economic impact payment yet when wil I receive my stimulus payment

  7. Irving B.

    how about ssdi still have not got mine on my direct express card

  8. TIMOTHY

    I am ssdi and have been since 2017 with direct deposit qualify in every way and still no stimulus. I wish someone was available to explain from either the IRS or SSA. This is ridiculous your guidance says I should have gotten it by 29th April and yet nothing. I am not alone either.

  9. Pauline G.

    Hello my name is Pauline Galloway still havent recvice my 2nd check for those who get ssi and im one of them too

  10. Brendaly r.

    Hola yo no cualifica yo no tengo cuenta de banco yo no resivido nada los $1200me puede ayudar

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