Director, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance

0960-AH90 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0960 Social Security Administration SSA Treatment of Earnings Derived From Services

Prior to the Bipartisan Budget Act when a Social Security disability beneficiary worked, we were required to determine which month the beneficiary’s income was earned in determining the beneficiary’s continued entitlement to benefits (or the amount of his or her benefits). Section 825 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, requires SSA to presume that wages and salaries are earned when paid, unless information is available to SSA that shows when the income is earned. Regulatory changes are needed to set forth the procedures and rules that beneficiaries and SSA must follow in implementing this provision.

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The purpose of section 825 is to simplify work CDR processing by allowing adjudicators to use readily available evidence of earnings like IRS data, SSI verified wages, quarterly earnings data, and earnings maintained by third party payroll providers.

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Section 825 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.

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There is no alternative, this rule complies with statutory mandate.

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Prior to this legislation, when we made an SGA determination we had to determine when the services were performed. Under provision 825, we can presume that monthly earnings are earned in the month paid, unless there is readily available evidence to indicate when earned.

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]]> NPRM 06/00/2017 No No None No No No No Faye Lipsky Director, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance 0960 Social Security Administration SSA 410 965-8783 faye.lipsky@ssa.gov 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21235-6401 Kristine Erwin-Tribbitt Acting Director 0960 Social Security Administration SSA 410 965-3353 kristine.erwin-tribbitt@ssa.gov Office of Research, Demonstration, and Employment Support, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21235