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