Supplemental Security Income Recipients Will Receive Automatic COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments
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The Treasury Department announced that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive automatic Economic Impact Payments directly from the Treasury Department. Treasury anticipates these automatic payments to go out no later than early May.
SSI recipients with no qualifying children do not need to take any action in order to receive their $1,200 economic impact payment. The payments will be automatic.
SSI recipients who have qualifying children under age 17, however, should not wait for their automatic $1,200 individual payment. They should now go to the IRS’s webpage and visit the Non-Filers: Enter Your Payment Info section to provide their information. 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 SSI beneficiaries in this group do not provide their information to the IRS soon, they will have to wait until later to receive their $500 per qualifying child.
This is great news for SSI recipients, and I want to remind recipients with qualifying children to go to IRS.gov soon so that you will receive the full amount of the Economic Impact Payments you and your family are eligible for. I also want to thank the dedicated employees of the Treasury Department, Social Security, and the Internal Revenue Service for making this happen and working non-stop on this issue.
SSI Recipients with Dependent Children Should Still Go To IRS.gov to Provide Their Information
Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries (who don’t normally file taxes) will also qualify for automatic payments of $1,200 from Treasury. These payments are anticipated to start arriving around the end of April.
The Treasury Department, not Social Security, will make these automatic payments to beneficiaries. Recipients will generally receive the automatic payments by direct deposit, Direct Express debit card, or by paper check, just as they would normally receive their SSI or Social Security benefits.
For those SSI and Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries, with dependent children, who use Direct Express debit cards, additional information will be available soon regarding the steps to take when claiming children under 17, on the IRS website.
Please note that the agency will not consider Economic Impact Payments as income for SSI recipients, and the payments are excluded from resources for 12 months.
For more information about Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries, please see our most recent blog.
The eligibility requirements and other information about the Economic Impact Payments can be found on the IRS website. 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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Sean
When does people that are on SSI get their stimulus payments me and my mom didn’t get ours yet and we are on SSI when will we get them
Geralyn R.
My son gets SSI he is 17 his bday 10/20/02 will he get a stimulus check
Jerry A.
I received a deposited status from the IRS but deposit was never made
Austin D.
I haven’t recieved ANY stimulus payment… not even first or second round.
Brandon A.
I have not been receiving my SSI payments consistently, I am supposed to receive it on the 1st of the month and on the 13th it has not been deposited in my acct. I DID NOT RECEIVE A PAYMENT in December 2019. i would like to know what seems to be the problem? My May payment is missing.
Sandra D.
I let some one care me on there taxes will I get a check.
jannet
hello I am rep payee for my two brothers. I received my stimulus check credit for me and my 3 daughters . I filed my taxes every year and put my brothers and daughters as dependent, are my brothers still eligible for a stimulus check separately
V.V.
Hi Jannet, 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!
matthew d.
Im in same situation BofA has no deposit pending for tonight. Get my payment doesnt work. Ridiculous
Kari
Same here i have bofa does that mean we not getting nothing i get ssi
Angelia
And kids that have ssi to
Angelia
Will people on ssi start getting there stimulus money. May 13th