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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Toni H.
I haven’t gotten a date to let me know when I will get my stimulus payment. I did my taxes for 2018 /19 for a small pension from ex husband. I’m on SSI and have been for a few now. When will I get updated to let me know when I will be receiving my stimulus payment?
Victoria
I like to know if I go one get a check I on ssi but I have no kids
Keesa m.
I have not received my stimulas check as of yet please let me know or email me back and let me know where is my name is Keesa m Figgs my last four is 6303
Tammy R.
I receive my social security submental income on a direct express card that I received years ago. Just wanted to know if it would come on my direct express card or in my mail box.
TBF
Please call Bill Gates. He is smarter than whoever is running USA computer system now. You can see by the blogs only a small percentage of the millions of Americans who have been driven to the brink of disaster and death by not receiving promised help EIP from gov.
Charles B.
My name is Charles L Burnight, born 9/24/1919. My as well as my wife, brother receive SS. Direct deposit. Our combined income does not exceed the limit. My SS # last 4 is 1389. As of today, we have not received our stimulus checks. When can we expect them?
Linda S.
I’m trying to find out how long it will be before the covid 19 stimulus money will be put on my direct express debit card
Jessica m.
Will payees have to file for taxes to receive the coronavirus stimulus checks?
V.V.
Hi Jessica, thank you for your question. The Internal Revenue Service, which is part of the Department of Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments to eligible people. To help you quickly and easily determine whether you need to take any action to receive your Economic Impact Payment, or a payment for your qualifying child, check out these step-by-step instructions at the Social Security and Coronavirus web page.
Carol M.
Great I learned alot
Tom
I checked the irs web site and it says need more info or i do not get any thing. 1st thing how do you need more info from me when they should have got all the info from ssi and i do not have no kids pluse i do not have to file taxts. 2nd how do i not get when i make under the amount that they set i think that the govement is just trying to stiff the people on ssi