alt.social-security-disability

"Jack" wrote in message
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> On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:40:23 -0700, "Barry"
> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Jack, I just found this statement from the link to the POMS that you
>>gave
>>and I am uncertain of it's meaning. Can you clarify it for me?
>>
>>"Work performed after the waiting period, and after the final
>>determination
>>date, is protected by the trial work provisions, regardless of whether the
>>work occurs less than, or more than, 12 months after onset. "
>
> If your work started after they awarded DIB, the case is no longer an
> initial case, and so the TWP provisions apply.
>
>>My date of onset is February 8th 2000. I returned to work in January 2001.
>>It is POSSIBLE I earned SGA in the month of February 2001 due to the three
>>pay period month that I mentioned previously. Should I be concerned?
>
> Even if they did not do the favorable determination until after 1/01,
> in which case you would be under the initial application rules with no
> TWP protection, SGA of three consecutive months or less is considered
> an unsuccessful work attempt. In fact, even SGA of 3-6 consecutive
> months can be considered an unsuccessful work attempt if certain other
> conditions are met.
>
> Also, for SGA or TWP purposes, the dates when you are paid are not
> crucial. They're concerned with the dates you earned that pay.
>
> For IRS annual income tax purposes and for SSA work credit purposes to
> determine which calendar quarter your earnings should be credited, the
> dates you are paid are the determining factors even if you earned that
> pay earlier, but this is not true for SGA or TWP purposes.
>
>

I don't know what DIB stands for. Can you please clarify?

Thanks,


Barry