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 $1,200 from Treasury. These payments are anticipated to start arriving around the end of April.
The Treasury Department, not Social Security, will make these automatic payments to beneficiaries. Recipients will generally receive the automatic payments by direct deposit, Direct Express debit card, or by paper check, just as they would normally receive their SSI or Social Security benefits.
For those SSI and Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries, with dependent children, who use Direct Express debit cards, additional information will be available soon regarding the steps to take when claiming children under 17, on the IRS website.
Please note that the agency will not consider Economic Impact Payments as income for SSI recipients, and the payments are excluded from resources for 12 months.
For more information about Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries, please see our most recent blog.
The eligibility requirements and other information about the Economic Impact Payments can be found on the IRS website. In addition, please continue to visit the IRS for the latest information.
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Andrew Saul, Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Commissioner of Social Security Administration (June 17, 2019 - July 9, 2021)
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Still w.
We all want the 1,200$
We all treat each other like shit
‘Merica
gene
its the god damn american way
Melissa J.
i wish this virus would kill me.i dont care anymore. this is all nonsense. we arelast, and so many tax payers got it and dont even need it. and then you look at this blog. and you hear we are all in this together?im sorry, what? it looks like we are all ripping each other apart, or just being hateful for nothing? what a world we live in. disgusting
Terri
Damn lady. Pull yourself together.
sally
we need to just stop waiting for something thats never coming. end of month? what ever
craig s.
Just started collecting social security in feb 2020. Will I still get a payment even though they have no tax records from me for the last 5 years.
V.V.
Hi Craig, thank you for using our blog to ask your question. New beneficiaries since January 1, 2020, of either Social Security or SSI benefits, who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019 should go to the IRS’s Non-Filers website to enter your information. We hope this helps!
craig s.
Thanks for the reply. I filed through the web site and it was accepted. So I will just wait and see when and if I see any money. Thank you so much Vonda.
kevin o.
get my payment doesnt work for ssi or ssdi or retired. stop lying
Linda W.
Get my payment works for anyone that filed a tax return in 2018 or 2019. I filed taxes and I am SSDI so yes you can use it. I repeat that it gave me a mailing date of April 24 so I am so happy I at least got a reply. The Get my payment does not have info for social security recipients that did not file taxes just yet. The nonfilers portal is for just that – nonfilers.
Linda W.
I received my check by mail today. Shocked me. Hang in there checks are on the way!!
Stephanie P.
I went to the irs site and filled out the leave my payment info link s my direct deposit because they said I had to since I got SSI and the next day they said they were going to automatically put them on the direct express cards automatically so I hope I didn’t mess up it’s been so confusing about who had to do what to get their name In For a check if they weren’t regular SS retirement or a RR retired so that’s what I did if anyone knows please let me know Thanks Steph
gene
Got a 400 deposit
Still w.
Lol lies
400$
You should’ve just said 1,200$
gene
It’s UP to 1200, stupid cunt.
Still w.
Hahaha 1,200 monopoly dollars
Rob
The trolls aren’t very bright
joe t.
FINALLY!
Deez n.
isnt it past your bed time little troll boy
shannon k.
my 10 year old daughter gets ssi and i have a question.in the household there is me,my wife, and 3 children all under 12 years old.I ow child support from previous marriage.Will they confinskate my wife and childrens stimulus over my areers?
Felicia C.
You mean errors? Yes.
shannon k.
no areers {back child support}
Felicia C.
Oh, my apologies Shannon.
Vote T.
They will take yours, they shouldn’t take your wife’s cause she’s not the parent thats not paying. Find a way to pay your child support. once your arrears go above a certain point they will go after your license and garnish your checks. It happened to me and once the paternity test came back as the kid not being mine they didn’t reimburse a thing. Took $6000 from me and I’m still out driver’s license. Nothing was paid back, but look at the good side if it. The child that you haven’t paid for is finally getting your support. If I was in your shoes I would be happy that my child support is gonna be taken care off. But your wife’s and present kids won’t get robbed because of your bad life decisions.
shannon k.
they took my wifes income tax even after she filed injured spouse,by the way/ the child im in areers for is now 19 and i have sent thousands….all his life,im just 4,200 behind
mill
berthiume
Were t.
Wise words for the good bravo,. i did see one guy’s paper’s. saying he owes 180,000.00 ? For his kids, and on ssi ? They took only 100.00 a month for the rest of his life till he did die, died a broke man, no credit, no licence, own nothing and no life ins… im not sure if he had grave, cremated and who knows where it went, i know this has nothing to do with stimulus, but pay your child supports or end up like the other guy broke for ever, and when he did work i saw his pay check $ 000.00 it was garnished, then to ssi , not a good life, lesson here is think about it,,, i hope people do the right thing, and no it didnt happen me thank god ,,
GirlPower
Child Support (Sexist Extortion followed by Unconstitutional Debtor’s Prison) is a sexist and criminal joke and should be abolished, especially if our nation starts giving everyone a Universal Basic Income.
V.V.
Hi Shannon, 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!
danny
pizza