Social Security disability beneficiaries may have different types of benefits. In addition to the checks the United States SSA issues there are also other payments such as stimulus checks. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) may also come monthly to SSDI beneficiaries, but not to everyone.
In order to qualify for Supplemental Security Income benefits, two conditions must be met. If we meet those conditions, the payment will be ours every month. Even so, there are times when a disability beneficiary has started collecting SSI and then stopped getting it. Recipients can become ineligible at some point.
That’s why it’s so important to keep track of our income as much as possible. And it’s not just about whether or not we get SSI monthly, but also because we don’t have to pay taxes on SSI, but we do have to pay taxes on the Disability Benefit. So both taxes and income must be under control to avoid annual problems with the IRS.
CAN I GET SSI IF I HAVE A DISABILITY BENEFIT?
The first thing we need to look at to know the answer to this question is the requirements to be able to collect Supplemental Security Income each month. There are two main requirements, so meeting those two conditions is enough to get this check.
The requirements for this SSI payment are:
- Be age 65 or older or have a disability.
- Have low monthly income, as well as low resources.
In this sense, one of the requirements is to have a disability or 65 years old. Both conditions are at the same level, so being within one group or the other does not matter to get the check. Therefore, if we receive a disability payment, we can get the Supplemental Security Income monthly, but with the condition that we do not have a very high monthly income.
IS IT MANDATORY TO HAVE A CHECK FROM SSDI TO GET SSI?
You are not required to have a Social Security disability payment to get a check for Supplemental Security Income. These two payments are compatible and usually go together, but you are not required to have one in order to get the other.
It is required to have a disability (or be age 65 or older) to apply for Supplemental Security Income, but it is not required to collect a Social Security check in any form to get SSI every month.
In this way, Social Security aims to help the neediest citizens by offering them an extra payment. Remember, though, that you can lose your monthly Supplemental Security Income payment if you no longer meet the conditions, but it is possible to get it back if you return to the eligible group.