Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA):
Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will not automatically increase in 2010 as there was no increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009. Other important 2010 Social Security information is as follows:
Maximum Taxable Earnings:
Social Security: $106,800*
Medicare (Hospital Insurance only): No Limit
Quarter of Coverage:
$1,120 – This is the amount you need to make to earn one quarter of coverage
Social Security Disability Thresholds:
Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA):
Non-Blind: $1000 per month
Blind: $1,640 per month*
Trial Work Period (TWP): $ 720 per month
Annual limit: $6,600*
* Because there is no COLA, by statute these amounts remain unchanged in 2010.
REMEMBER THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES AND LIMITATIONS THAT APPLY TO WORK AFTER RETIREMENT
You may find the answers to some of your questions on this useful website: http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/fbu/index.html
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