kmetzger Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 For years, I have received my social security benefit statement via the Mexican post office. This year, I fear I won't. In March the tax refund check mailed to me by the IRS was returned to the IRS. A letter from my German bank was returned to my German bank. I have not received a single magazine I subscribe to since July. Who knows what else simply hasn't been delivered. Now I need my social security statement urgently for my 2020 tax return. Does anyone know if the US Consulate could help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southland Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 I don't know at all if this will help you. Besides the 1-800 number to call Social Security in the U.S. which is difficult to do unless you have a U.S. Skype account, or go to one of the calling booths in the villages that charge for calls, you might try to find a local SS office in the state where you used to live. Sometimes local offices can do stuff more surely, especially if you are from a smaller city or town. I went into mysocialsecurity.gov and found no way to contact them regarding year ending financial documents. I have found that SS relies on faxing internationally, but they do not rely on scanning documents. In the end, if they are willing to re-generate the year ending statement, you can have them Fed X collect it to you here perhaps. If you know your amount received for 2020 from SS, you can still do a tax return without having the document from SS. The IRS will have received the same statement you would have gotten from SS. Just because you don't have the document, if you know or can find out how much SS sent you in 2020, you CAN STILL DO YOUR RETURN without the SS benefits paid document. If you have just one monthly statement, you will be able to take that times 12 for all categories of income and deductions they took for Medicare Part B, etc. Otherwise, just try to contact SS and see if they have a way to get you a copy of the statement by courier. They don't seem to do email with scans. The consulate was helping people on a limited emergency basis three or four months ago, but I have heard they are even more limited than before and sent their personnel home to the U.S. You could try the embassy in Mexico City and see how they might help you. Sorry, not much help this post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyFree Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 32 minutes ago, kmetzger said: For years, I have received my social security benefit statement via the Mexican post office. This year, I fear I won't. In March the tax refund check mailed to me by the IRS was returned to the IRS. A letter from my German bank was returned to my German bank. I have not received a single magazine I subscribe to since July. Who knows what else simply hasn't been delivered. Now I need my social security statement urgently for my 2020 tax return. Does anyone know if the US Consulate could help? You can sign up for a paperless statement here: https://www.ssa.gov If you use a tax preparer, ask the person to have your tax refund deposited directly to your bank account. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmetzger Posted January 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Thanks, southland. Some useful tips, especially about not needing the actual document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmetzger Posted January 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, FlyFree said: You can sign up for a paperless statement here: https://www.ssa.gov Just tried to sign up. But I don't have a US mailing address You must be able to verify some information about yourself and: - Have a valid email address; - Have a Social Security number; - Have a U.S. mailing address Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Second FlyFree Basically you can do all that is needed on the website. I would think you might have someone who would let you use their address in the USA for the purpose of opening the account. Once opened you can change your official address after a while. If not the consulate in GDL has a Federal Benefits Unit than can help. The email is fbu.guadalajara@ssa.gov You need to include your full name and SS# in the body of the email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyFree Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Sorry. I didn’t realize the requirement of a U.S. mailing address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 29 minutes ago, southland said: I don't know at all if this will help you. Besides the 1-800 number to call Social Security in the U.S. which is difficult to do unless you have a U.S. Skype account, or go to one of the calling booths in the villages that charge for calls, you might try to find a local SS office in the state where you used to live. Sometimes local offices can do stuff more surely, especially if you are from a smaller city or town. I went into mysocialsecurity.gov and found no way to contact them regarding year ending financial documents. I have found that SS relies on faxing internationally, but they do not rely on scanning documents. In the end, if they are willing to re-generate the year ending statement, you can have them Fed X collect it to you here perhaps. If you know your amount received for 2020 from SS, you can still do a tax return without having the document from SS. The IRS will have received the same statement you would have gotten from SS. Just because you don't have the document, if you know or can find out how much SS sent you in 2020, you CAN STILL DO YOUR RETURN without the SS benefits paid document. If you have just one monthly statement, you will be able to take that times 12 for all categories of income and deductions they took for Medicare Part B, etc. Otherwise, just try to contact SS and see if they have a way to get you a copy of the statement by courier. They don't seem to do email with scans. The consulate was helping people on a limited emergency basis three or four months ago, but I have heard they are even more limited than before and sent their personnel home to the U.S. You could try the embassy in Mexico City and see how they might help you. Sorry, not much help this post. That information is available on the website The current status is: New 2020 SSA-1099/1042S Benefit Statements are currently being mailed. Replacement 2020 SSA-1099/SSA-1042S Benefit Statements will be available here, after January 31, 2021. Just click on the right side of the page replacement documents after Jan 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy2013 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 I received the statement last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 3 hours ago, southland said: If you have just one monthly statement, you will be able to take that times 12 for all categories of income and deductions they took for Medicare Part B, etc. Yes, helpful Post. IF you have US Medicare, don't forget the Part B part of his comments. If you don't have Medicare, it's just 12 times the SS amount you are getting monthly. BUT everyone's Part B is potentially not quite the same so you might have to do some digging to find out the amount that is taken out of you SS payment for Part B. Won't be the same as you 2019 amount either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 @kmetzgerGo here and create an account https://secure.ssa.gov/RIL/SiView.action On Feb. 1st you will be able to see and print the annual tax statement. Sometimes when I sign in, I need to use a VPN, other times, not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 The Chapala Post office delivered my social security tax information to my house on Monday. This is by far the quickest I have received it in many, many years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bournemouth Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Mine was delivered to my home in Ajijic today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopsy Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 I have often used the SS office at the Consulate in Guadalajara. Very helpful. Always get a phone call back within 24 hours of sending an email to Señora Ana Isabel Becerra, fbu.guadalajara@ssa.gov like Mostlylost said. I am pretty sure you can get help solving your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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