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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Heather H.
I get SSI. I went on the Get My Payment and it said that they didn’t have direct deposit info. I get my check on Direct Express card. Do I need to do anything or will they get it figured out?
Kari
There supposed to be releasing adifferent tool for direct express users to check on payments but it’s not up yet
jed
Probably next month sometime.
V.V.
Hi Heather, thank you for your question. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who do not have qualifying children under age 17 do not need to take any action with the IRS. You will automatically receive your $1,200 economic impact payment directly from the IRS. You should receive the automatic payments by direct deposit, Direct Express debit card, or by paper check, just as you would normally receive your Social Security benefits.
Lisa H.
I’m a grandmother raising two young grandchildren. The youngest is on ssi due to her being a micropremi and has disabilities. That being said, as this is so confusing, will she be getting a check because she is on ssi even though we claimed her when filing our taxes.
Peter
All you got to do is read this blog from the beginning on what social security has said?? If someone on ssi or ssdi and is claim by some others on their tax return that person who claim them will get 500.00 only and the the one on ssi or ssdi gets there regular usual BENIFITS not 1,200.00 stimulus payment and when do you get it ? When your tax returns come it! If in doubt go to the beginning i hope SOCIAL security answer your question as the answer this question so many times over LIKE a broken record
Leejoe P.
I draw ssa will i get a check
danny
are you serious right now?wtf
V.V.
Hi Leejoe, thanks for using our blog. Social Security retirement, survivors, or disability beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who do not have qualifying children under age 17 do not need to take any action with the IRS. You will automatically receive your $1,200 economic impact payment directly from the IRS. You should receive the automatic payments by direct deposit, Direct Express debit card, or by paper check, just as you would normally receive your Social Security benefits. We hope this helps.
Christine
To Dave above somewhere…SSI actually is SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME and it’s a Federal income supplement program funded by general tax revenues (not Social Security taxes):
SSDI is Social Security Disability
ssdi i.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE LITERALLLY ASKING THE EXACT SAME QUESTION AS THE PERSON DIRECTLY ABOVE THEM. THAT SHOULD BE LIKE STRIKE ONE IN NOT BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THE STIM PAY. MEANWHILE IVE DROPPED NOTHING BUT NOSTRADAMUS LEVEL PREDICTIONS AND TOLD YOU ALL THE HARSH TRUTH THAT YOU WONT GET YOUR CHECK FOR ABOUT ONE MONTH AND YOU ALL BELIEVE THESE SSA SHILLS WHO GET PAID TO POST LINKS AND NOT DIRECTLY ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THEY KNOW THE ANSWERS TO BECAUSE IT WOULD PISS EVERYONE OFF TO KNOW THEY LIED ABOUT US BEING THE SECOND WAVE THIS WEEK APRIL 17TH – 24TH AND ITS NOT BECAUSE THEY CANT DO IT. ITS BECAUSE IT WOULDNT SERVE THEM POLITICALL TO DO IT SO THE IRS IS JUST CHOOOSING NOT TO KEEP ITS WORD TO THE SSD RECIPIENTS AND YES SSA KNOWS AND IS COMPLICIT IN FUCKING US OVER.
BUT YOU DUMMIES THINK IM THE TROLL. JUST A BUNCH OF SHEEP. YOU DESERVE WHAT YOU ALLOW AND WE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO BE TREATED LIKE THIS. EVERY YEAR OUR COLAS GET SMALLER AND THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING WE NEED GOES UP AND THEY DONT EVEN USE THE RIGHT STATS TO DETERMINE THE COLA THEY USE BS NUMBERS THAT THEY MANIPULATE TO KEEP US IMPOVERSIHED.AND YOU KNOW THEY SEE IT BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE PROPOSING A $2000 A MONTH PAYMENT TO ALL AMERICANS BECAUSE WHO CAN LIVE OFF $1200 A MONTH RIGHT? THE AVERAGE SSD RECIPIENT THATS WHO AND NOW OUR ABLE BODIED CITIZENS CANT LIVE OFF THAT HUH? THIS IS A MATTER OF US NOT MATTERING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS. BECAUSE IF THIS IS OUR WEEK TO RECEIVE OUR STIM PAY THEN WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING IT DAMMIT OR HEADS SHOULD ROLL!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
Christine
Somebody needs a chill pill..
Jim
Going to give himself a stroke before the money even comes.
Funny to talk about SSI being welfare and act superior for being on SSDI and then complain he wants more free money from the working tax payers of America. Disabled people should stick together.
Nunya
You assume it’s a male. The troll talks like my exwife.
Jess
Maybe it is your ex wife.
Peter
Is there a chill pill to be have ? I want one of those !
roger m.
I believe you dude.
Nunya
Take your meds, boomer.
dan
wat about if i have a direct deposit a i change my bank to ace cash express would it go their to.
Dan
Iam 41 years old and receive SSI Disability and was told I would not be getting a check because my GF claimed me as a dependent on her Taxes these past couple years. Is that true will i not get a check?
Christine
True I believe, she will get $500 for you as her dependent..why would she claim you as a dependent?
Dan
I have no clue why she did it. My guess iss so she wouldn’t owe any money. She already got her $1200 and nothing more.
It
You will not get anything because you were claimed as a dependent.
V.V.
Hi Dan, 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!
BIGBIRD
Does anyone know when SSDI and SS retirement will receive the 1,200 stimulus? THANKS!!
danielle m.
I was told today it’s going in alphabetical order and the checks are coming from the 20th and up
david
I thought we were getting it by direct deposit, but the IRS page said payment status not available for me.
V.V.
Hi Jimmy, thank you for your question. Treasury expects automatic payments for Social Security beneficiaries no later than the end of April and automatic payments for SSI recipients no later than early May.
William
Will you still get a check if you have a payee?
Z
The payee’s account should be the one the SSA has on file which is the one the IRS should be using for SSI recipients.
Unfortunately for some people this is a very bad thing because the payee may believe they are able to apply the normal SSI rules about how to use/save/whatever the money which is NOT fair. We should get the whole amount no strings attached. The SSI payee has nothing to do with it.
Melissa p.
If someone has an payee on their account with direct deposit. Will they still receive payment? They have not been claimed on anyone’s taxes.
hi
yes