---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.502"
title: "20"
number: "416.502"
heading: "Manner of payment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.502"
---

# §416.502. Manner of payment.


For the month an individual reestablishes eligibility after a month of ineligibility, an SSI payment will be made on or after the day of the month on which the individual becomes reeligible to receive benefits. In all other months, a payment will be made on the first day of each month and represents payment for that month. If the first day of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, payments will be made on the first day preceding such day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Unless otherwise indicated, the monthly amount for an eligible couple will be divided equally and paid separately to each individual. [Section 416.520](/cfr/20/416.520.md) explains emergency advance payments.


## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 4422, Feb. 8, 1990, as amended at 64 FR 31974, June 15, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1147, 1601, 1602, 1611(c) and (e), and 1631(a)-(d) and (g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1320b-17, 1381, 1381a, 1382(c) and (e), and 1383(a)-(d) and (g)); 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3720A.

### Amendments

[55 FR 4422, Feb. 8, 1990, as amended at 64 FR 31974, June 15, 1999]