New Guidance about COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments
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“The Treasury Department launched a new web tool allowing quick registration for Economic Impact Payments for eligible individuals who do not normally file a tax return, and also announced that it would begin making automatic payments. However, for some people receiving benefits from the Social Security Administration—specifically those who have dependent children under the age of 17—it is to their advantage to go to this portal to ensure they also get the $500 per dependent Economic Impact Payment. I encourage them to do this as soon as possible, and want to provide the following details:
People who receive Social Security retirement, survivors, or disability insurance benefits and who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019 and who have qualifying children under age 17 should now go to the IRS’s webpage to enter their information instead of waiting for their automatic $1,200 Economic Impact Payment. By taking proactive steps to enter information on the IRS website about them and their qualifying children, they will also receive the $500 per dependent child payment in addition to their $1,200 individual payment. If Social Security beneficiaries in this group do not provide their information to the IRS soon, they will have to wait to receive their $500 per qualifying child.
The same new guidance also applies to SSI recipients, especially those who have qualifying children under age 17. To receive the full amount of the Economic Impact Payments you and your family are eligible for, go to the IRS’s Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info page and provide information about yourself and your qualifying children.
Additionally, any new beneficiaries since January 1, 2020, of either Social Security or SSI benefits, who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019, will also need to go to the IRS’s Non-Filers website to enter their information.
Lastly, for Social Security retirement, survivors, or disability beneficiaries who do not have qualifying children under age 17, you do not need to take any action with the IRS. You will automatically receive your $1,200 economic impact payment directly from the IRS as long as you received an SSA-1099 for 2019.
For SSI recipients who do not have qualifying children under age 17, we continue to work closely with Treasury in our efforts to make these payments automatically. Please note that we will not consider Economic Impact Payments as income for SSI recipients.
The eligibility requirements and other information about the Economic Impact Payments can be found at the IRS’s Coronavirus Tax Relief and Economic Impact Payments page. In addition, please continue to visit the IRS for the latest information.”
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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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Grant
@ Derek Lippincott
You’re WRONG!: “Anyone who receives SSI, or SSDI, will AUTOMATICALLY have the money deposited into whatever account, or card, your normal monthly payment is sent to. I am on SSDI and anyone on SSI, or SSDI receives the form SSA-1099 every year.”
That (above) is INCORRECT.
SSI recipients, like myself, DO NOT receive a SSA-1099 form every year. I really wish people would stop posting incorrect information that only adds to peoples confusion. I had to file as a Non-Filer.
https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments
J. F.
You receive Supplemental Security Income?
Rina D.
@Grant That is correct, SSI recipients do not get a 1099. I’m on SSI and I don’t get a 1099 form. My SSI is direct deposited into my bank account. I am still going to fill out the non filers form just in case. It wouldn’t hurt my chances in getting the payment, correct?
Donna H.
I have yet to get a straight definitive answer from any of the sites AARP SSA AND IRS please can anyone tell me what is going on with our payments I have done everything to give the irs my info and my children info and have yet to know when ssi recipients are going to receive a payment for this impact economic stimulus package I mean the irs has everything they need to give us our money why are they procrastinating on this matter for real I’m super frustrated
alice
do minors receiving SSI payments get a stimulus check?
Heather b.
Exactly what I’m wondering!
deb
Its ridiculous that minors would even receive ssi. If your kid wasn’t “disabled” you would have to support your SELF. wtf. I can understand giving them medicaid, but they don’t need a fucking monthly check.
Wolfe
Language, Deb, language
Deb i.
Eat shit, “Deb”
Kimberly B.
Wow deb you’re an asshole. Do you have any clue how much more it costs to care for a disabled child?
V.V.
Hi Alice. Thank you for using our blog to ask 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!
JETTIVA C.
will i recieve my pay on my direct expess card
Joe
For a SSDI recipient that receives the $!200, what happens if that amount added to the recipients earned income exceeds the $1620 in a single month?
V.V.
Hi Joe, thank you for your question. The Economic Income Payment is not earned income and will not affect your Social Security disability benefit. For SSI recipients, we will not consider economic impact payments as income and the payments are excluded from resources for 12 months. We hope this helps.
Donna H.
What does that even mean does it eventually get counted against ssi in the next 12 months after the first?
Logan
Spend it right away and then you have no resources. OK?
Hospitals &.
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. Anthony Fauci Director, National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases HA-13-4-20 http://www.title24uscode.org/cares.pdf
The Supreme Court must prohibit the tax rebate in Sec. 2201 of P.L. 116- 136 and S. Amdt. 1563 to suspend Federal payroll taxes for 2020 under 26USC§7201. The President’s threat to veto the stimulus bill because of a grant to the Postal Service, rather than loan, proves unfounded, just another attempt to evade being held responsible for preventing the defeat of a tax. There are numerous errors of clerkship regarding the “economic stimulus” bill that is believed to have been legislated under the influence of speed in violation of the COVID-19 ban on assemblies larger than 50 persons. To limit economic harm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, to the exact size of the economic depression it causes, as measured by lawful programs, especially unemployment compensation, it is economically necessary for the Supreme Court to reject their bribe and defeat the defeat of tax. While they may not be the poor people making plans with this money, they are invariably denied, because they owe student loans or are otherwise poor, the Supreme Court should not be the other victim, who receives a bribe that exacerbates the size and duration of the economic depression. Political activity should not be interfered with unless it sought to by-pass or threaten the existence of the regular corrective political processes. If that happened, then the Court as a nonpolitical agency had to intervene or else the interference with the normal corrective processes might well perpetuate itself pursuant to United States v. Carolene Prod. Co., 304 U.S. 144, 152-53, n.4 (1938) in regards to wrongful economic depression response inspired attempts to evade or defeat taxes under 26USC§7201.
Janice
I am a rep payee for my father who receives SSI and gets his benefits on the DE card. I’m okay with him receiving a check for the stimulus payment, but like others have pointed out, nowhere on the Non-Filer Form does it allow us to input the Rep Payee information. What to do? The IRS should’ve just let the SSA handle all of its accounts, I think.
Joseph
As for SSI recipients: They just keep telling us to use the non filer form if we have dependents. What about those of us who DON’T HAVE KIDS? Why are they specifically leaving us in the dark? If I’m on SSI, get direct deposit into my bank account every month, and don’t have kids – Do I have to do anything or will the stimulus payment just show up sometime this week?
V.V.
Hi Joseph, thank you for your question. For SSI recipients to receive the full amount of the Economic Impact Payments that you are eligible for, go to the IRS’s Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info page and provide information about yourself. We hope this helps.
Joseph
Why? You send me my SSI payments every month for over 3 years. I have no dependents. Why should I have to go fill out online forms to receive my economic stimulus check? You clearly know how to send me money and I’m DISABLED. Why should I have to go take additional steps that nobody else has to?
Chris
Hello I am not trying to be disrespectful but the irs/soc sec/direct express do not want us callling them but know one will respond its a simple question. IF YOU ARE ON DISABILITY AND YOU GET YOUR PAYMENTS THROUGH DIRECT EXPRESS WILL THE STIMULUS CHECK BE SENT TO OUR DIRECT EXPRESS CARD!!!!!
Joe
simple question that needs/DESERVES an answer Chris. But with 3 govt agencies involved, it will take 2430 meetings, with 397 lawyers, then a week to announce a press conference where Muchkin will say…yes.
Becky
Hello, I am a representative payee for my 34 year old son with developmental disability. He does not have his own bank account his SSI checks come in my name to a bank account also in my name. We know that IRS does not allow checks to be deposited into an account now owned by the check recipient. We found that out when my other son tried to have his refund check deposited into a domestic partner account. The account was terminated, funds never returned to the revenue department and were never given to him. We don’t want the same issue with the stimulus check so how does a representative payee get the funds for the beneficiary when the check has to be written out the rep. payee and NOT written out in the beneficiary name? I realize I could go through the IRS non-filers to set it up for him just as I did for myself but there isn’t a field on the IRS non-filers form to assign a rep. payee so the check can be deposited into the rep. payee account.
Bryan
Go to a Credit union with him and open a savings account in his name. then use non filer form.
Becky
The stimulous check is.going to be made out exactly as the social security check is to..you for…him and it will go in the same account the social security check goes in. I know im correct as i have an appointed representative payee from the SSA for years now because i do not have family that qualified to be a payee, and that is what they told me