If you are on disability, you were probably wondering if you are getting the stimulus check and how it would affect you disability check. The answer – you are getting the check and it doesn’t affect your regular payment.
Individuals who receive Social Security disability or SSI should automatically get the stimulus money. … If you received SSDI, SSI, or veterans compensation or pension in 2020, and you don’t have dependents, you don’t have to do anything to get your $1,400; the government will send you your check automatically.
Disability recipients, however, may not get the $1,400 for each dependent if they haven’t filed a 2019 or 2020 tax return and they didn’t submit non-filer information to the IRS for the first stimulus check (more on this below).
If you received the first stimulus check, you should receive the second check without having to do anything.
You will generally receive the automatic payment the same way you normally receive your monthly disability or pension payment—by direct deposit, Direct Express debit card, or paper check. Your stimulus payment, however, will come from the Treasury Department, not the Social Security Administration.
If you received the first or second check by direct deposit or Direct Express, you should receive your payment the same way, but there are no guarantees.
Ben Winter, P.A. focuses its practice in the areas of Social Security Disability and Workers Compensation in St Petersburg, Florida. For more information, go to our web site www.benwinterlaw.com or call (727) 822-0100.