Taxes

Get Your Social Security Benefit Statement (SSA-1099)

February 22, 2019 • By

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Last Updated: November 3, 2023

Tax season is approaching, and Social Security has made replacing your annual Benefit Statement even easier. The Benefit Statement is also known as the SSA-1099 or the SSA-1042S. Now you can get a copy of your 1099 anytime and anywhere you want using our online services.

A Social Security 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 the IRS on your tax return.

If you 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 through your personal 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 my Social Security account, you can log in to 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 or even email it. If you don’t have a my Social Security account, creating one is very easy to do and usually takes less than 10 minutes.

If you receive benefits or have Medicare, your my Social Security account is also the best way to:

  • Get your benefit verification letter;
  • Check your benefit and payment information;
  • Change your address and phone number;
  • Change your direct deposit information;
  • Request a replacement Medicare card; or
  • Report your wages if you work and receive Social Security disability insurance or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.

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 in the mail. The forms SSA-1099 and SSA-1042S are not available for people who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

With a personal my Social Security account, you can do much of your business with us online, on your time, like get a copy of your SSA-1099 form. 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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Comments

  1. Martin J.

    I am unable to get into my account to retrieve my 1099. I cannot locate the paper copy that was sent.

  2. Rona M.

    Both of my parents died in 2019 and are no longer receiving SS benefits. I am the acting trustee of their Trust and had Power of Attorney signature authority of their affairs before they passed away. I am trying to get a copy of their SSA-1099 forms in order to pay taxes for the 2019 year. They did not have an account set up on-line. How do I get a copy of their 1099 to do their taxes?

  3. Sharon D.

    Need a sea 1099 for tax purposes for 2019. Cannot get into my online account.

  4. Doug Z.

    Your representatives need people skills training !
    What logical thinking person expects someone who just had open heart surgery and is in the hospital with breathing tubes down their throat to either come into a local office or call a local office in order to get a copy of their award letter????
    Then tell me (spouse) that my legal power of attorney to act on her behalf is meaningless ! I guess I shouldn’t be surprised? I’ve never found the government to be interested in helping anyone except the government!!!!

  5. Naomi A.

    THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT WORK! iTS TELLING ME TO PUT IN A PASSWORD BECAUSE IT DOESN’T LIKE THE ONE I CHOSE SO I USED THE SUGGESTED ONE AND IT WON’T ACCEPT YOURS AFTER 3 DIFFERENT ONES WERE TRIED. A WASTE OF MY TIME.

  6. JEFFREY T.

    Can I request for my father another SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S be sent to his address on record.

  7. Donald H.

    I need a copy of my 2019 SSA 1099

  8. Michael D.

    How can I find a document for the amount Paid for the year for Medicare ? This can be used for my reimbursement spending account thru my company that I have retired from.

  9. John N.

    I have reviewed my SSA pages and do not find where to get my Form 1099-SSA. Please provide info on where and how to get it. Does this mean I had no reportable SSA income in 2019? I got a lump sum payment on 12/31/19 for April – November.

  10. Donald J.

    Tried to correct a new account (first one did not work)
    Cannot find my 2019 SS tax papers. Wanted to print one from online info.

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