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
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Me
If a child receives ssi will they get the money
V.V.
Hi Donna, 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!
Carrie A.
Hi I’m Carrie I am on social security disability and I don’t file taxes when will I receive my stimule money
V.V.
Hi Carrie, thank you for your question. Treasury, not Social Security, will be making automatic Economic Income Payments to eligible people. Unfortunately, we do not have information about the exact schedule for these payments. Treasury anticipates these payments to go out to Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries starting around the end of April and to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients starting in early May. Continue to check the irs.gov/coronavirus page for updates.
Chelsey S.
My question is how will the stimulus payment work for those who receive ssdi and ssi?
V.V.
Hi Chelsey, 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.
chelsey s.
Still did not answer my question. I receive both ssdi and ssi. so do I get 1 check for both is what I am trying to find out.
Emily
Hi I am having a difficult time trying create a my social security account it continues to tell me I can’t create with the SSI number I have provided. I have called the Help Desk no help. I am pretty frustrated
Kayetta W.
Hi…my son is totally disable and has been on SSI since he was 9 months. He is now 24 Amen. I have always filed him on my taxes. But I didn’t get the $500 credit on my stimulus for a child because he is over 17. So my question is will he get the $1200 stimulus that is approved of SSI recipients and if not why not since I didn’t get the $500 credit for a dependent?
V.V.
Hi Kayetta, 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!
Robin S.
Hi I have a question regarding the stimulus check. I’m on S. S. I disability with no dependents. I fall under the category as nonfilers. I had identity theft a few yrs. ago and every yr. I’m sent an IP nu and I lost mine. Since I can’t talk to a live person at the IRS it’s very frustrating. I went on the irs. Gov website under how to get yr IP nu. Im putting in all the correct info. It ko saying the last 8 digits of my credit card is incorrect so I put in my student loan account number it’s saying that’s invalid this. This is so frustrating! Since I can’t get through the process will a check be mailed to then? I have my IP nu from 2018 but didn’t know if I can use that I. Don’t want to be rejected. I have my account number and routing number . Please help
V.V.
Hi Robin, 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.
Nichole
So how does the IRS know we have a direct express card
Basicinfo
If you have a DirectExpress card you would know it’s issued by the treasury, the money that the stimulus check is coming from is also from the treasury
Nichole
So the IRS and SSA are working together to get this money issued
V.V.
Hi Nichole, thank you for your question. You will automatically receive your $1,200 economic impact payment directly from the IRS and 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.
Jill P.
I’m divorced living alone and my ex lives in another city but we still have to file joint taxes this year. He works but I am on SSI and he makes to much for the stimulus but I don’t can I still receive the stimulus money for myself and if so how do I get it?
V.V.
Hi Jill, 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. 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.
Linda f.
I’m living in my own apartment alone,but my son is payee on my account, and sup ssi my only income, do it have to fill out a form for the stimulant Corona CK i get direct deposit
Penny
I am totally blind, receive SSI, I file taxes due to employment along with SSI, but my parents are allowed to claim me as a dependent. Will I receive a stimulus check?
V.V.
Hi Penny, 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!
Brenda C.
Me and my husband are on social security and we have direct deposit and we dont file taxes just wondering when we will receive are check thank you
V.V.
Hi Brenda, thank you for your question. Treasury, not Social Security, will be making automatic Economic Income Payments to eligible people. Unfortunately, we do not have information about the exact schedule for these payments. Treasury anticipates these payments to go out to Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries starting around the end of April and to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients starting in early May. Continue to check the irs.gov/coronavirus page for updates.
Susan
I’m on SSDi so will my stimulus check be deposited on my direct express card??