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Supplemental Security Income Recipients Will Receive Automatic COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments

April 15, 2020 • By

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Last Updated: February 21, 2023

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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Comments

  1. Bonifacia Q.

    I am SSI not filling tax when am I getting my payment thanks

    • V.V.

      Hi Bonifacia, 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.

  2. Susan A.

    When are they planning on releasing this money?

  3. Jon

    Here it is April 24th 2020 and I still haven’t gotten my payment yet. I have no dependents to claim and get SSDA, What is the delay? I live in Ohio is Ohio included?

  4. Tamey H.

    I believe you were given an answer that is generic. I think you can go into the irs system and add your direct deposit information so that your check can be sent that way and received faster rather than waiting on a paper check that could take forever. You could look into this on irs.gov but I believe my information is correct.
    I hope this helps more than the one that I’ve actually seen as a response several times in response to different questions.. worded exactly the same way. Good luck.

  5. Larry M.

    If you have child support that comes out of your regular SSI check each month well they take your stimulus check for child support if you owe back support

  6. Lisa s.

    I would just like to know if I miss up my listening to the IRS because I receive SSI and at one time they was saying we needed to file a simple tax return so I did with tubrotax and now they say we don’t have to do anything so I am all confused I hope I didn’t do wrong by listening to the irs.Any advice would be greatly appreciate.

  7. George P.

    I receive as I on direct express card but before it was announced that it receive stimulus automatically I filed thru turbo tax and do it myself auto and left st info for a drinks prepaid card have I made a mistake either way when should I look for my payment

  8. Brittany W.

    My son gets ssi for his autism. It comes in my name but my boyfriend claimed us both as dependents… will he still receive a payment? Because I’m thinking I won’t even tho I filed in 2018 because my bf claimed me. If we don’t get anything how is that fair

    • Terri

      No ma’am. If you receive SS and is claimed as a dependent. You will not. You can’t get any either because you also was claimed

      • Medvet

        Would have been better off geeting 1200 for you and 500 for your son if you had done it on your own claiming your son. Now he gets all the payment and in doing so shorted you guys when you could have gotten more.

    • V.V.

      Hi Brittany, 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!

  9. Colleen O.

    I recieve social security disability and I’m not sure if the IRS has my new card or my old account from the SSI do I need to do anything

    • V.V.

      Hi Colleen, 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.

  10. Amanda

    My son is 10 receives ssi for autism hes unrequired to file so will be receive his 500 stimulus payment on his direct express card?

    • Terri

      10 year olds on SS will NOT receive a check. He’s a minor. 16 and under on SS no stimulus. Anyone claimed as a dependent regardless of age no stimulus.

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