Supplemental Security Income Recipients Will Receive Automatic COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments
Reading Time: 2 MinutesLast 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.
Did you find this Information helpful?
Tags: COVID-19, Economic Impact Payments
See CommentsAbout the Author
Andrew Saul, Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Commissioner of Social Security Administration (June 17, 2019 - July 9, 2021)
Comments
Comments are closed.
Larry w.
When am I getting my check will it be in with my checks on the 1st of may
Angie
If apersons on SSI and their daughter claimed them or anybody for that matter,will the person ON SSI STILL RECEIVE THE CHECK. AND NO THERE IS NO PAST QUESTIOBS LIKE THIS UTS ON IF YOUR RECEIVING SSI ITS NOT ASKING IF SOMEBODY IS GETTING SSI AN IS CLAIMED WILL THAT PERSON RECEIVING SSI GET A CHECK??
deane
fuck you bitch. do your own research, lazy cow.
Renita
Let’s try to be kind to each other we are all under stress. Blessings
Gramma
It’s coming from the Treasury not the IRS it will come to you however you recieve your monthly SSI benefits
Jodie
I owe FEMA back money will i still get a stimulas check or will they take it I’m on disability
Kristen F.
Will my money go on my direct Express card thank you.
V.V.
Hi Kristen, 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.
Karen N.
I dont understand why the same questions are asked over and over again! I think the people involved in getting these stimulus payments out to people have done a great job of answering all questions that have been asked. Everytime I read something about the stimulus payments it’s the same questions and answer’s I think people need to read everything they can before they ask any questions. I would just like to Thank All of the People Involved with these Payments. You All Have Done an Incredible Job!!
Cynthia
Amen!
Connie A.
Will I get a stimulus money I’m on ssi my check goes right to my bank I have not received it yet
Harry j.
When will i get my payment i have direct deposit
Barbara p.
Will I get the check I am on ssi do not pay taxes
Jacquelyn M.
I would like to ask the same thing and three of my friends also I want to know the same thing government seems to not want to tell us anything about what day it will come first it was late April now it’s early May when in the hell is it going to come
V.V.
Hi Connie, 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.
Evelyn V.
Will. Me and my husbamd getting a check together even no he didnt file taxes will it come on my stimulus check on my direct express card
Jennafer G.
Well I receive ssi check and a social security check do I have to go on non file taxes return I don’t make enough money to file a taxes return i have a son name Drake is on ssi to will he receive stimulus check to or do I have to go on non file taxes return receive the stimulus check
PEARL B.
My daughter is 17 y didn’t i receive her 500 and it keeps rejecting me cause i filed my taxes already and i receive ssdi and veterans benefits and had worked a part time job last year.
V.V.
Hi Pearl, 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!
Vannest
Will. Me and my husbamd getting a check together even no he didnt file taxes will it come on my stimulus check on my direct express card
Anne M.
I want to ask the same thing will my stimulus money come on my direct express card.
Thank you
V.V.
Hi Vannest, 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. You may also find the IRS Online Tool Guide helpful to determine what action you may need to take. Hopefully this information is helpful.