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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Randy F.
Yes im on ssi and disability i filled 2019 txas threw tur9 tax i got my return no stimulus yet will get soon
Tammy
I get ssi and i got direct deposit and i still have not received my stimulus money in my account so when will i
V.V.
Hi Tammy, thank you for using our blog. The Internal Revenue Service, which is part of the Department of Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments to eligible people. Therefore, we do not have a schedule of these payments. You may find the IRS Get My Payment Frequently Asked Questions web page helpful.
Craig D.
I have been waiting for a judge to reinstate my ssi ,I was supposed to see the judge two months ago and I have been trying to find out why can i still get my payment of ssi?
V.V.
Hi Craig, 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.
ELIZABETH C.
Im also on ssi and no child to ckaim and I still haven’t recieve no payment.
Lila R.
I receive SSI & sdi I have no dependents & I still haven’t received my payment,I also receive snap is there some reason I have not got my stimulus
RiHELLe
i receive ssdi i was claimed as a dependent in 2018 taxes but not for 2019 will i receive stimulus check
V.V.
Hi Rihelle, 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!
Melinda
Dear readers ….
Just to let you know I’m on SSI. .. supplemental Security Income which is very little to live on with two small children. I still have not received my stimulus check by direct deposit or by mail. Seems every thing I have read to help me to get my check has not happened. Would like to know if anyone else is having the same issue.
Larry
Seems to be no end to the updates for people on SS as to when they will receive the stimulus check , EXCEPT when they can expect it. The internet is FULL of info but no ANSWERS. I keep reading it will be automatic, yet every time I check the IRS website it says that they do NOT have info for people on SS. I started collecting SS as of April 2020. So ? What’s the story?
Sara h.
I have not got my money and I get SSI and my mom got hers and I don’t have kids and I’m not married so I was wondering we’re is my money at
John L.
If i’m on ssi and my mom claimed me as a dependent would I still receive my economic payment i thought it was automatic
V.V.
Hi John, 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!