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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Tricia R.
I receive SSDI my mother is my payee here it is may 4 and yet still waiting for it to be deposited who do we contact
Joseph
There is nobody to contact. That’s the game the government is playing. They’re going to drag these out as long as possible and we, the people, have absolutely zero recourse. This is – by no means – the first time this sequence of events has played out in America.
Stacey F.
Do we who have a Direct Express Card Expect to see our stimulus money ? the First two weeks in May?
Glenda M.
I’m on SSI disability and i haven’t received my stimulus check yet and I’m just wondering when i would receive it
Joseph
Why would your son, who’s on SSI, receive a check last month and so many of us in the same boat haven’t? Where’s the fairness here?
JANE T.
My son receives SSI. He received a $1,200 stimulus check in April. Does he need to include the $1,200 when reporting his gross wages for April?
Joseph
Why would your son, who’s on SSI, receive a check last month and so many of us in the same boat haven’t? Where’s the fairness here?
Joseph
Why are we still waiting on these? I’m on SSI and have yet to receive the $1,200 while others on SSI report having received it. What is going on and why is the government so absolutely dysfunctional here?
V.V.
Hi Jane, thank you for your question. Social Security will not consider economic impact payments as income for SSI recipients, and the payments are excluded from resources for 12 months. We hope this helps.
Joseph
Hello? Answer my question! You’re not here to pick and choose – Do your job! Why are tons of SSI recipients with direct deposit to their bank accounts still sitting here, waiting on the $1,200? Why is the IRS being such a collective deadbeat? Where’s the money? People are going to have to start pounding on the doors and windows of those who work for them!
V.V.
Hi Joseph. The Internal Revenue Service, which is part of the Department of Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments to eligible people. To help you quickly and easily determine whether you need to take any action to receive your Economic Impact Payment, or a payment for your qualifying child, check out the step-by-step instructions on the Social Security and Coronavirus web page.
Joseph
May 4th, SSI recipient – Still no Economic Impact Payment. The IRS has nobody answering the phones in Washington and our local reps angrily tell us to “be patient” and that the poor IRS has a lot of work to do. Is this some kind of a joke? Yet Speech Impediment Steve Mnuchin is on TV this very morning lying through his teeth, promising an economic revival this summer? What a total scam this whole country has become.
Susan B.
My husband and I file jointly. He is retired, on SS and I am not. His bank account is listed with our joint returns. We have had to pay the last 2 years but it still is the same account. Where’s our money?
Tifanee N.
I never got my 1099 form and don’t I need that to get my stimulus check
Natosha J.
I am on ssdi and have not received my stimulus check
Peter
Guess what people? I called social security, and they said not contact them but contact i r s . about e i p checks , the responsibility is the i r s
Norma g.
I’m unemployed due to my daughters three recipients of ssi disability I’m their representative payee will I be able to get a check o tried to get in the non filers and it’s saying one of my dependent or dependents have been claimed
Jacqueline
If you have a payee and they have an account but are not eligible for a check but you get your benefits direct express and they received a 1200 dollar deposit could that be my money?
Tifanee N.
You should have your own direct express card, my mom is My payee and I have my own debit card, because my mom is my payee her name is on The card but it’s My money so you should have yo your own sperate card for your own money.
Kara S.
it is your money but depending upon the type of payee you have and their department depends on how much of the money you will be receiving also depends on your situation In some cases there are recipients who cannot take care of their own money under any circumstances and other situations like mine I can take care of my money but I still have a payee therefore I can receive whatever the department I go through states I can receive however there are ways around it if there is only so much that can go on a check request more than one check I suggest that you call the 1-800 numbers anytime I have a question like that I always call the 1-800 numbers