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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Juanita L.
My mother hasn’t gotten her stimulus payment yet. Should I sign her up on the irs web page everything says she dose not need to do anything but nothing has came yet. So should she file to revive it after all. This is so frustrating. Then if i sign her up will it delay it longer ugh.
Kathleen S.
I also haven’t gotten my Stimulus Check yet either on my Direct Express card. Please help me out.
Mr. F.
I don’t know where else to turn, I’m expecting to receiving A direct deposit amount $1,200, and have not yet gotten it.I should’ve received by now.
Melissa C.
Please help us Americans we sit and we wait for the help we were told from our government that we were getting help where is the help please help
Dorothy (.
I have not received a stimulus check, and I am on SSI monthly payments. I paid taxes and everyone else has gotten their checks but I did not.
Melissa C.
I still have not received my stimulus check yet myself and like so many people on here that game not not got it yet and need it real bad when will it happen is the government just living to people to get a rise out of them If that is what is happening it seems to be working and taking and talking about giving the rest of money to Trump whatever he has enough money i myself as a human being never liked him from the time he played in home alone he should be sharing his wealth with the people that need help I’m so fed up the the lies from the government that I’m about to give up on life as you know it stay safe and good luke
Melissa C.
I just don’t understand why the government says there going to help and the American people just sit and wait and have to plea for help where is the help please help us Americans
Jack L.
My husband is 63 and receive SSDI he has not gotten his economic payment as of yet he has direct deposit with walmart money card, this is his only source of income he lives in NC. He had no qualifying dependants and cannot and was not used on anyone else’s return.
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Alonzo L.
Where is my stimulus check. I’m a ssdi veteran. Direct deposit is on file.
Lamarr R.
Where is my stimulus check . I have SSA benefits too
Meg
Everyone go to New York Times.com or Washington post.com and give them tips to get the news involved you need more people putting pressure on the IRS and Social Security administration