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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. Vanessa

    Hi, I received my EAD 2 weeks ago, I’m waiting my SSN. I get a job, but I need my SSN to start. How long i need to wait or can i to see the status about it? Thank you!

    • V.V.

      Hi Vanessa, thanks for using our blog. You can call us at 1-800-772-1213 for status or you can contact your local Social Security office. Please look for the general inquiry telephone number at the Social Security Office Locator. The number may appear under Show Additional Office Information. Please be aware that our call wait times are longer than normal. We hope this information helps.

  2. James S.

    I have been SSDI since 2014…..I have received my money direct deposit on the same acct. for 6 years….I do not or have not ever owed child support of any kind. Same residence for 5 years…..still no covid 19 $1200.00 aid check or timeline when it will come.

  3. John h.

    I am retired in Guatemala and receive by retirement benefits by direct deposit and yet to have receive the stimulus payment deposit from the IRS…Is it because of country that i now live in?Thank you

    • V.V.

      Hi John, 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!

    • Juan C.

      John I have the same problem I am retired in el Salvador I have direct deposit from social security and have not received nothing either I know we are entitled to the stimulus money

      • Wyu

        Cocksuka u illegals steal ares and we aint got em fuck u il pedos in ur daughtrrs ?

  4. Danielle N.

    Is my daughter and my husband going to receive there payments

    • V.V.

      Hi Danielle, 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!

  5. Cynthia L.

    I would like to know when will i get my stimulus check for my brother Phillip Benns i am his payee .i have DirectExpress card with my name on the card

  6. John

    I am on SSDI and SSI and have been for the last TWENTY-TWO years, and in all of that time my direct deposit information hasn’t changed. I have no payee, am not claimed on anyone’s taxes, and have no dependents. Yet I still haven’t received anything and there isn’t the slightest indication of when—or if—I will ever receive an EIP. This is extremely frustrating, because I know of someone who is a drug addict who lives with their mother and has never worked a day in their life, but they received their EIP weeks ago. Like so many others on here have said, I was assured that, since I have received form SSA 1099 for over two decades, I wouldn’t need to do anything to receive my payment. However, every promised date has passed by—first April 29th, then May 6th, and then May 13th—without receiving anything, and the IRS “Get My Payment” tool has never said anything except “Payment Status Unavailable.”

    It is very difficult to have faith in either the IRS or the SSA at this point—clearly there is an enormous mishandling of procedure. It would be nice to have some definite information about when things will be rectified.

    • Chris

      Hello my wife is on the same program she hasent recieved anything either. It is extremely frustrating we have bills to pay. How come the poorest people and espically the military are last it isn’t fair. Have faith in God not the government.

    • matthew d.

      Im in the exact situation. Why isn’t anyone talking about ssdi ssa 1099 ? Why dont they set up phone hotline so we can let them know they missed us. I m suicidal

      • Chris

        Mathiew buddy be patient hopefully we will get it soon but please if you are depressed and sucidial please I urge you to get help right away please it is not worth your life get help buddy God Bless ya.

  7. LYNNE

    I RECIEVED MY STIMULAS VIA DIRECT DEPOSIT I GET SSI DIRECT DEPOSIT. MY CHILD GETS DEATH BENEFITS VIA DIRECT DEPOSIT AS WELL BUT DIDNT GET HER STIMULAS WHY??????

  8. michael m.

    sent my check 5-1-2020 to a PO Box I have not used for 8 yrs.
    But I recieve SS thru direct deposit. Think I will ever see stimulus?
    Michael

    • CLEMENCIA D.

      Quisiera saber si voy a recibir ese dinerito oiga de verdad que lo necesito es abusivo los mercados y las f farmacias todo a subido para los millonarios para los pobres no hay

  9. loraina

    I was took off of ssi in feb. 2020. I received my last payment in March. I had been on it many yrs due to disability. Why haven’t I received any stimulas money. I filled out where Nd what I was suppose to. Im 71 yr old lady. My husband and I are separated. He received 1200. I live in state of VA. How can I find out if I’m getting NY help. I have rent etc too. Ty. Lorain.

  10. Anlki L.

    There was no need for an intermediary such as the corrupt PR government to receive the economic impact payment of people residing in Puerto Rico who receive Social Security benefits. The economic impact payment should have gone directly to them in the same manner as their checks do.

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