Social Security Disability Determination

Descriptions of substantial gainful activity within the social security information makes no mention of the fact that the current year $ 980 per month. limit for a non-blind disabled applies regardless of your gross or your net after-tax earnings from your job (s).

Good question! I had to look in the manual. He said: "APG determinants are based on" countable "wages or net earnings from self-employment (NESE). The SSA starts the process by looking at the payroll. In determining accounting profit, SSA does not deduct from gross pay payroll standards such as insurance premiums and federal tax deductions of state, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) and taxes, pension payments, union dues, etc. These amounts are not deductible because they are attributable to the activity of a person's work. When a person is self-employed, SSA looks at the net income instead of gross income. Basically, the "profit" of a company, after all allowable expenses are subtracted. Net income, which focuses on sub-Saharan Africa would be the same figure a business owner reports to the IRS.

So unless you are self employed, they use gross.

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The $ 980 is definitely based on your gross income before taxes or other deductions. However, you can deduct depreciation on business expenses. (IRWE) Things such as drugs, durable medical equipment, certain types of transport and medical costs can be deducted from your gross earnings to get your countable determination of substantial gainful activity. Be aware of this situation that some employees do not take the SS time to develop IRWE and this can cause your benefits will be terminated.

Not a simple answer. As already said, if you are employed, it is gross, including standard deductions. The key word here is the norm. There are some deductions that are allowed. If you're self-employed, it is always clean.

But in both cases there is still work related expenses (IWRE) that can be deducted from the gross. These are expenses that are necessary as you are able to work because of your disability. So you can say for the sake of argument, you are blind and must take a taxi to work, the cost of taxis would be deductible from your gross salary.

Chiliswoman

Your gross salary before taxes.

Why do some people $ 900 + and people I know .. including myself only get $ 697.