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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Donald H.
I receive disability and havent received my stimulus check yet why
V.V.
Hi Donald, 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. Continue to check the irs.gov/coronavirus page for updates.
Linda P.
Yes, IAM a payee, for someone who gets ssdi payments, there but into my direct Express card, my stemules payment will be made tomorrow, Does his come on my direct Express card, He received his money on my card on the 3rd, can you please give us an answer,
V.V.
Hi Linda, 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, check out the step-by-step instructions on the Social Security and Coronavirus web page: https://www.ssa.gov/coronavirus/#anchorA. On that page, you will also find details about how the IRS will send economic impact payments to individuals that have a representative payee.
Jojo
Do you have a representative payee or you are a representative payee?
The IRS has not yet determined when payments will be made to someone who did not file a 2019 or 2018 tax return and who has a representative payee.
Barbara B.
Supplemental Security Income Recipients Will Receive Automatic COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments:
The check was not with my April Social Security direct
deposit, when will the payment be direct deposit?
V.V.
Hi Barbara, 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. Continue to check the irs.gov/coronavirus page for updates.
Diane J.
What date is due for SSI recipients that have payee representative do to get their stimulus check and how would I get there stimulus check can somebody please answer this question for me cuz what I’m reading they don’t know when they go send out SSI stimulus payments for people that have represented payees
V.V.
Hi Diane, 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, check out the step-by-step instructions on the Social Security and Coronavirus web page: https://www.ssa.gov/coronavirus/#anchorA. On that page, you will also find details about how the IRS will send economic impact payments to individuals that have a representative payee.
Pamela P.
I have been checking my direct deposit SSI and Social Security direct deposit checking account and have not yet received the stimulus check. Are there still delays or is there something else I must do?
Thank you,
Pamela p> Reed
V.V.
Hi Pamela, 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, check out the step-by-step instructions on the Social Security and Coronavirus web page.
Tim
Does any one on ssi that has a direct express card have a pending payment because I don’t
John T.
Mine aint either but i think since it comes from the irs it may not lets pray they send it cause its fixin to get real these lies fixin to come about people are tired of bs they want results
Melissa M.
My monthly social security check has not been deposited into my checking account as of today, May 12. How do I find out if there is a problem?
V.V.
Hi Melissa. If you’re referring to non receipt of a Social Security or SSI benefit, please contact your bank or financial institution first. They may be able to determine if your direct deposit failed. If you still need to report a late, missing or stolen Social Security payment, call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 for assistance or you can contact your local Social Security office. Please look for the general inquiry telephone number at the Social Security Office Locator. The number may appear under Show Additional Office Information. Please be aware that our call wait times are longer than normal. We hope this information helps.
Wanda K.
My name is Wanda & I’m on SSI & SSDI why haven’t I received my Stimulus Payment I really could use it. But seems like I won’t ever get mine & I have the Direct Express card. You would think it would go direct deposit. But it has not.
Tom
When will people on ssd gdt there check i do not have any kids
V.V.
Hi Tom, 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. Continue to check the irs.gov/coronavirus page for updates.
Tom
It dose not give any dates. Then when i check the get my payment it says payment not avable. I wish some one would get anwers for use since no wants to it make it look like we being push under the rug and i know i am not close to the limt
matthew d.
Im in same situation BofA has no deposit pending for tonight. Get my payment doesnt work. Ridiculous
Loreen D.
Why are people w payees being punished and not getting their stimulus checks. Ty L. D. Please reply ty