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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Richard F.
IRS.GOV what a joke it can’t find me but I get a check once a month. The news needs to quit telling us what and when we will get the check they can’t get any thing write
Kenny
Are people who have Ssdi gonna get our stimulus check on our direct express card
Dorris J.
Yes you will get it the same way you receive your regular monthly benefits. I just read they’ll be deposited at the end of April to the 1st of May.
Ellen S.
What date will we get are stimulus money I’m on disability and I can use the money
Susan
We the people on ssi needs to know wjen will will get the 1200 checks . We do have to let landlord and other bill collectors know before we become homeless
John T.
Its like a big secret stop toyin with our lifes stop drawing interest on that money an help us we have bills an basic needs
V.V.
Hi Susan, 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.
matthew d.
Looks like 29th from all ive read. They should be ashamed of themselves. People already suffering with depression and anxiety to have to cjeck bank every 15 minutes hoping its there and never is. Too much false hope and misinformation.
HLS
I’m truly not understanding why we are getting generic release dates on when we should be receiving these checks. We were supposed to get direct deposits on the 24th as well as paper checks being mailed out.They have spent so much time focusing on getting people with dependents to go online to add them, while it seems as though they have stopped depositing any thing. Most of us that are on SSDI have direct deposits and still nothing per several articles. They did not seem to have problems with depositing the first 80 million. I read today, in this forum, that someone has already received their paper check. Quite confusing. So I guess we will be waiting until May 1st along with the SSI recipients since it’s only a week away.
amjones
100%
Verla D.
Will i receive my payment with my ssi payment?
Leslie L.
Dose anybody know the day we SSI people wiill get the 1200 dollar payment to tell landlords and electric company please thank you very much for the help
Michele
May I have a list of the dates
V.V.
Hi Leslie, 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.
Kristy E.
Why CANT THEY JUST GIVE US A DATE THAT WE WILL GET OUR MONEY . ALK I SEE IS THIS SAYING MAY . OR AT THE START OF MAY. I WOULD LOVE A DATE, SO I CAN TELL MY BILL COLLECTORS.
April S.
I receive Social security Disability will I get stimulus my children are all grown up
Dorris J.
Yes you will get a payment automatically the same way you get your monthly benefit. The IRS site just said today that you should recieve it by the end of April to the first week in May.
V.V.
Hi April, 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.