URGENT: In Order to Get EI Payment from Government - Immediate Action Required for Social Security Recipients with Dependents Who Did Not File Tax Returns in 2018 or 2019

This message is for those who would like to receive their Economic Impact Payment and who are already receiving disability benefits. The government is requiring you to take action to receive your EI payment during COVID-19. It is also for those who are currently receiving retirement and survivors benefits, who have dependent children.

Act Now – Go to IRS.gov – A Message from Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul

Action Needed for Social Security Beneficiaries with Dependents and Who Do Not File Tax Returns to Receive $500 Per Child Payment

“Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who don’t file tax returns will start receiving their automatic Economic Impact Payments directly from the Treasury Department soon. People receiving benefits who did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes, and have qualifying children under age 17, however, should not wait for their automatic $1,200 individual payment. They should immediately go to the IRS’s webpage at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here and visit the Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here section to provide their information. Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries with dependent children and who did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes need to act by Wednesday, April 22, in order to receive additional payments for their eligible children quickly. SSI recipients need to take this action by later this month; a specific date will be available soon.

For more information, please visit https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/