{"id":919,"date":"2021-02-23T03:50:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T03:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=919"},"modified":"2021-02-23T03:50:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T03:50:04","slug":"get-your-social-security-benefits-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/get-your-social-security-benefits-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Social Security Benefits Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Social Security Column<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Erin Thompson<br \/>\nSocial Security Public Affairs Specialist in Toledo, OH<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Get Your Social Security Benefits Statement<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tax\u00a0season is approaching and replacing your annual Benefit Statement has never been easier. \u00a0The Benefit Statement, also known as the SSA-1099 or the SSA-1042S, is a tax form we mail each year in January to people who receive Social Security benefits.\u00a0 It shows the total amount of benefits you received from us in the previous year so you know how much Social Security income to report to the Internal Revenue Service on your tax return.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you live in the United States and you need a replacement form SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S, simply go online and get an instant, printable replacement form using your personal\u00a0<em>my Social Security<\/em>\u00a0account at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/myaccount\/?utm_source=mip0221&amp;utm_medium=online-media&amp;utm_campaign=ocomm-mip-21&amp;utm_content=get-your-social-security-benefit-statement-001\">www.ssa.gov\/myaccount<\/a>.\u00a0 A replacement SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S is available for the previous tax year after February 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t have access to a printer, you can save the document to your computer or email it to yourself. \u00a0If you don\u2019t have a\u00a0<em>my Social Security<\/em>\u00a0account, creating one is very easy to do and usually takes less than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a personal\u00a0<em>my Social Security<\/em>\u00a0account, you can do much of your business with us online.\u00a0 If you receive benefits or have Medicare, your personal\u00a0<em>my Social Security<\/em>\u00a0account is also the best way to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Request a replacement Social Security number card (in most states and the District of Columbia).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your benefit verification letter.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check your benefit and payment information.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change your address and phone number.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change your direct deposit information.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Request a replacement Medicare card.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Report your wages if you work and receive Social Security disability insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re a non-citizen who lives outside of the United States and you received or repaid Social Security benefits last year, we will send you form SSA-1042S in the mail. \u00a0The forms SSA-1099 and SSA-1042S are not available for people who receive Supplemental Security Income benefits. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/?utm_source=mip0221&amp;utm_medium=online-media&amp;utm_campaign=ocomm-mip-21&amp;utm_content=get-your-social-security-benefit-statement-002\">www.ssa.gov<\/a>\u00a0to find more about our online services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Social Security Is Not Just for Retirees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t have to be retired or even close to retirement to benefit from a personal<em>\u00a0my Social Security\u00a0<\/em>account.\u00a0 Calling or visiting a local Social Security office probably is rarely necessary once you have one. \u00a0You can do much of your business with us online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With your personal\u00a0<em>my<\/em>\u00a0<em>Social Security<\/em>\u00a0account, you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Request a replacement Social Security card (in most states and the District of Columbia).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estimate your future benefits to compare different dates or ages to begin receiving benefits.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the status of your Social Security application when you do decide to apply.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review your work history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you already receive benefits, you can also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Request a replacement Social Security card (in most states and the District of Columbia).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get a benefit verification or proof of income letter.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up or change your direct deposit.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change your address.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Request a replacement Medicare card.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get a Social Security 1099 form (SSA-1099).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opt out of receiving certain notices by mail and receive them in the secure Message Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please help us spread the word.\u00a0 Let your family and friends know that they can create a\u00a0<em>my Social Security<\/em>\u00a0account today at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/myaccount\/?utm_source=mip0221&amp;utm_medium=online-media&amp;utm_campaign=ocomm-mip-21&amp;utm_content=my-social-security-its-not-just-for-retirees-001\">www.ssa.gov\/myaccount<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Security Column By Erin Thompson Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Toledo, OH Get Your Social Security Benefits Statement Tax\u00a0season is approaching and replacing your annual Benefit Statement has never been easier. \u00a0The Benefit Statement, also known as the SSA-1099 or the SSA-1042S, is a tax form we mail each year in January to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[29],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}