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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Tyson L.
Omg is this mostly a site for kids? I see why you all get checks..its sad because you could’ve been raised better. I cant imagine just knowing we have all these evil people walking in the world around us decent, know how to talk to another human or act like a civil adult period..just smh…y’all must probably all be …well we all know who acts this way its commonly know. Just sad I’m g.j one.
George
Attention posters,
Lets all light a candle and say a small prayer, for the great “Tyson Lee” has left us.
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Jess
Please. He/she will be back, they always come back. And when they have embarrassed themselves too much, they just change their names.
Courtney
My son is 10 he receives his own ssdi check it comes in mine and his name will I automatically get that sent to me or do I need to use the portal to receive the $500 for him????
George
oh for fucks sake courtney.
Deez n.
This is hands down the best reply yet!
V.V.
Hi Courtney, thank you for your question. Please visit the IRS Online Tool Guide to determine what action you may need to take. Hopefully this information is helpful.
Lisa W.
My husband is on social security disability. Do I have to file taxes to get my own $1200 stimulus check or will be deposited in his checking account
V.V.
Hi Lisa, thank you for your question. Please visit the IRS Economic Impact Payments Information Center under “Calculating my Economic Impact Payment”. Hope this helps!
getmypayment?
The “Get my payment” stimulus status checker is apparently useless to people who receive SSI.
danielle m.
Tonight 12am money will be on our cards
deb
Stop spreading lies.
danielle m.
We are getting them tonight at 12am….
This is what I’ve heard
Felicia C.
Good…….. you stay up and wait and everyone that knows better can go to bed.
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Arnold S.
LOOOOL this is savage
danielle m.
We’ll see if its true. its what I heard but wont know really till it’s in my account
Peter
Like arrowsmith says dream on lol ?
Diane M.
My husband I are are both receiving S.S monthly retirement checks. We also filed taxes. We do not have direct deposit for any tax returns, but we do get direct deposit for our S.S retirement benifits. Do we need to do anything to receive our stimulis check?
William E.
Anyone gonna answer my question please please???
Jess
No, no william e marhsall, we are not. why? because we are tired. We are tired of the same god damn questions being asked. We are tired of lazy bums expecting the rest of us to do their research. We are not SSA, we do not give out free hand outs to the lazy bastards of this country. We all now know what to expect, and when. We all know what to do if we have dependents, the age requirements of those dependents and whether or not they receive their own 1200 or not, or is it $500? It depends. And we know what it depends on. Why? because we have read, and researched. We have listened to each other and shared. Whether we agreed or not, we found our answers and now we can move on. The lazy asses of this country can continue to sit here and ask the same damn questions 600 more times, to each other. Good bye.
Donald P.
LoL feel better now ?
Arnold S.
Damns that’s some crucial shit. LOOL
Janett3@ymail.com
Jess? Really??? Questions are still not answered for some people. Thanks for being a jerk to people. Yay you win!
Jess
Yes Janette, Really. I’d rather “win” at being a “jerk” than win at being a waste of space. So blow it out your ass.
Nunya
Take your meds, boomer. Jess is right.
William M.
I’m used to hateful, evil, cold and bitter little boys wanting to be men. Having to put others down to make themselves feel bigger. Its really ok if that makes him happy to call me names like were in high school let him. It’s not hurting me at all. I actually got a laugh out of reading it it was entertaining but then I thought, could you imagine if he does or when he has kids omg poor things having a father that’s filled with anger and a evil ssd soul my heart goes out to them I cant even imagine. It’s sad that we have so called humans in the world like him but sadly we do just another bully that no one likes. I think we should feel sorry for him he must’ve really been mistreated himself and you know the endless cycle. Plus I have searched everywhere for my answer and I didn’t ask about dependents etc, I asked do we have to wait for our tax return to be through processing before we can get our stimulus check. I haven’t seen that asked. Let’s all pray for this evil little guy and hope god knew what type of person he was gonna turn out to be and made him sterile. Dont bother responding I wont read it it’s not worth people’s time. And I find it true that people looking for attention cause they dont get any hate being ignored…still lmfao at this lil boy.
Diane M.
My husband I are are both recieving S.S monthly retirement checks. We also filed taxes. We do not have direct deposit for any tax returns, but we do get direct deposit for our S.S retirement benifits. Do we need todo anything to recieve our stimulis check?
V.V.
Hi Diane, thank you for your question. 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. 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. We hope this helps.
William M.
Can someone please who truly knows answer this. If my tax return is still being processed but I’m on ssd and ssi both do I have to wait until they finish processing before I get a stimulus check? See I don’t file anyway but with all this g.j going on I filed by mail because I have a ip pin I Dr not know it so I mailed it in only do I could update my info before I knew about the Direct Express card stuff I have the card.
V.V.
Hi William, thank you for your question. 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. 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. We hope this helps.