Got my 2025 initial 1099

[Old Crank]

From Social Security.

The system seems to be working. I got my letter with the new monthly amounts for 2026 earlier.

[MIButterfly]

1. Did you get it in the mail or have to download it from the website?

[dickthegrouch]

2. I tried to login yesterday

"System not available at this time" after jumping through all the hoops.
Grrrrrrr

[Old Crank]

4. They close at night.

I've had trouble with that before,

[dickthegrouch]

5. Why the **** would an unattended automated site need to close at night????

Especially after making you jump through all the login hoops first?
I've been saying for at least 40 of the last 45 years "Make the computer do it, it's far more accurate (before AI) and much more repeatable (before AI)".
Tell me you're closed, before I waste 5 minutes trying to get ssa.gov, login.gov, and/or id.me to cooperate as they're supposed to.

Edit to add:
Sorry you were probably being sarcastic.
They close at weekends too

[Old Crank]

8. I feel your pain.

You aren't the only one who has asked that question.
The offline hours are morning hours for me, a good time to check since I am 6 hours ahead of Eastern time.

Just a notification right at the login page would be good.

[Old Crank]

3. Downloaded

Since I'm in Germany. online is much easier.

Once set up.
The new ID proving stuff can be a pain but once it it works well.

[MIButterfly]

6. Does anybody know if they will mail them out?

I ask because I can't get into the website at all. It's a long story, but to shorten it, I can't get past the security questions (among other issues). They ask me three questions, which I answer correctly and I get a message that says my answers are NOT correct and they lock me out. I went through that so many times I just gave up. If everything is strictly through the website, I'm going to have to contact them and go though the hassle of trying to get some help for who knows how long; that is, if I can actually get through to them in the first place.

That is one headache I'm not looking forward to.

[a kennedy]

7. Yah, as I got two actually. The first was with my "old" insurance company. My insurance has since dropped

my county from their rolls. So I did have to find a new insurance company AND a new drug company for 2026. Then I did get a 2nd letter from Social Security saying they WON’T BE TAKING ANY $$$ out for my insurance coverage, because the insurance company will take my payments right from my checking account. So, I did get notified twice by mail.

[Old Crank]

9. I used to get paper

2 years ago. I switched to online.

As for the login you may have to call to get that sorted out.
Good luck.

[Old Crank]

10. I got paper 2 years ago

But I switched over. Now I get email notifications of messages. To find out what the message is I have to log in. They also have the 2nd part ID. So I get a text with a one time code.

You may have to call so someone can reset everything.

You might want to look into a password vault. Once set up they will populate the logins for you. My wife got LastPass several years ago. It was supposed to be the best at the time. It can be finicky but overall works well for us. You can also use your browser to remember passwords.