Disability Benefits: Working While Disabled

If you receive Disability Benefits you may wonder howstop your payments. You are allowed 9 trial months in
working will affect your benefits. Social Security allowsa five year period. Once you have used up your trial
disabled individuals to work and receive their benefits;work months if you continue earning over the limit
however there are rules in place you will need toSocial Security will grant you an extended period of
follow. Here is what you need to know about workingeligibility where they continue your payments. If you
on disability to avoid a nasty overpayment.earn over the limit during this extended period of
If you are receiving Social Security Disability benefitseligibility Social Security can terminate your disability
and not SSI (the rules are different for SSI), Socialbenefits based on your ability to work.
Security limits the amount you can earn in a givenThis termination of disability benefits rarely happens
month. This limit is based on your gross or pre-taxquickly. Many individuals that have had this happen find
earnings for that month. In 2006 this limit is $860 perthemselves with large overpayments in the
month. As long as you do not earn over this $860 perneighborhood of $30,000 or more. To ensure this does
month you can continue working and keep yournot happen to you keep your pre-tax earnings below
disability benefits.Social Security's limits. To learn more about disability
Problems arise for individuals that earn over this $860benefits and how to protect yourself from
limit. Social Security gives you a trial work period of 9overpayments and having your benefits terminated,
months where you can work and earn over the $860visit the website "Social Security Laid Bare" using the
limit. At the end of this 9 month trial work period Sociallinks below.
Security will evaluate you ability to work and could