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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Joel
Yes my name is Joel Bosch I have never received the X them a list check or any other parts I am on disability and SSI I would like to know why I didn’t qualify I will leave my phone number and it is 574-286-8188 and I greatly appreciate whoever is going to receive this and I hope you will respond please
A.C.
Hi, Joel. Please visit the Internal Revenue Service’s website here for all your Economic Income Payment-related questions. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. Just a reminder – please be cautious about posting personal information on social media. Thanks!
Donna C.
Hubby and I are still waiting for our $1200 each stimulus check. Early May was the estimated date, but now it’s late May. It would be nice to get an update on when this will be taken care of. Thank you.
A.C.
Hi, Donna. Please visit the Internal Revenue Service’s website here for all your Economic Income Payment-related questions. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. Thanks!
Francis B.
I am not on ssi don’t work where is my stimulus?My wife is on ssi and i am her payee and she still to this day have not received any stimulus money! 5/22/20 the irs web sight does not answer any of my questions regarding when or if we will be receiving anything it keeps saying status not available are we not eligible for it how can i find out irs web site does not help
V.V.
Hi Francis, 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!
Candi
So frustrating because the SSA covid updates are being updated without sending notifications out. Today it still states it was last updated on the 15th, but when you scroll down and read the information has changed. As of today it is now stating people with representative payess will start to have the economic impact payment deposited on the 22nd. That is start as the keyword. It also states that now checks will start to be mailed out to representative payees for people who normally receive their benefits in the mail on the 27th. What’s the point in signing up for covid updates if you aren’t even being notified in a timely manner. IRS site sti states people with representative payess will start to receive their payments at the end of May. I hope this helps whoever is reading the comments on this blog. I did the non filers tool two weeks ago because I was tired of waiting for help. So far me choosing to do that hasn’t helped, just a heads up for anyone thinking of doing the non filers too.
Obediah R.
I receive disabled child benefits and I haven’t received my stimulus check I want where is that I need it I need to do things I’m disabled everytime I call IRS I don’t get no information what can I do I can’t put my information and get my payment to it because they don’t got our information
V.V.
Hi Obediah, 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!
Tommy S.
I am receiving SS/SSI, and as of date 6/21/2020 have NOT recieved my stimulus payment. Can you tell me, if and when I can expect a stimulus payment???
diana l.
im a payee for my aunt, is she going to receive a stimulus payment
V.V.
Hi Diana, 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!
Nicki
When are people on SSDI getting a stimulus check?
V.V.
Hi Nicki, thank you for using our blog. It is Treasury, not Social Security, that will be making the automatic Economic Income Payments to eligible people. You may find the IRS Get My Payment Frequently Asked Questions web page helpful.
gloria j.
Hello. my name is Gloria Swanigan i receive SSDI i receive direct deposit i keep trying too use the get my payment tool nothing keeps saying status not available been trying too use it sense early April!
Karan M.
I have just started getting my SSI
First social security forgot to process my debit card and I had to find out myself what was going on. My first payment was posted on April 1st 2020 for $522.00. Yet I still hadn’t gotten the card and by the time I received it it was May 23 only having to pay to get it overnight. I still Have Not received any Stimulus check and question why the people like my self that NEED IT NOW still have not received it to date 05/20/2020 ? There is a reason that I finally received my SSI after 7 years of being denied twice…. I am supposed to have a surgical procedure done asap and have no way possible with the financial hardship I’m trying to deal with. I don’t get assistance from anyone other than Social Security.
Karan M.
Sorry correct Date was April 23.
Amy L.
I get Social Security and does Survivor check I have not got a check yet I do not follow taxes they said that it will be all automatically payments I have not received one
Jamie a.
I am the payee for my son and daughter-in-law and they have not received there stimulus check as of today may 20, I was just wondering if I need to do anything for them to get it.