Economic Impact Payments for Social Security and SSI Recipients – Steps to Take and Schedule of Payments Prepared by the Social Security Administration. A Message to the Social Security Beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income Recipients…… Information provided by IRS and the Bureau of Fiscal Service. April 27, 2020

In particular, the IRS set a deadline of May 5th (next week) for SSI recipients to use the IRS’s non-filer online tool if they have a qualifying dependent child under age 17 and want to receive the $500 dependent payment at the same time as their individual $1,200 payment.