How is the basic benefit amount figured in a social security case and what factors effect the amount?
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I would strongly suggest going back to your local office and asking to speak to a person specializing in the workers comp offset - do not try this by telephone as you will not get a good answer.  Your teachers pay is basically a public payment as you are paid by the taxpayers - I don't know if your state treats it any differently than other states.  check with your pension people.
327120
Found this on the social security website:\n\nHow much will a widow receive?\n\nThe amount you will get is a percentage of the deceased's basic Social Security benefit. The percentage depends on your age and the type of benefit you are eligible for. A widow or widower, full retirement age or older, will receive 100 percent deceased's basic Social Security benefit.\n\nA widow or widower can receive full benefits at age 65 or older (if born before January 2, 1940) or reduced benefits as early as age 60. The age for receiving full benefits is increasing for widows and widowers born after 1939 until it reaches age 67 for people born in 1962 and later.
516878
the contribution varies based on your salary.
411139
The monthly federal SSI check will be reduced according to what your husband's income is. I don't recall how the deduction was figured out as to how much I'd get each month.You could contact SS and find out or your case worker and I'm sure that person could help you out.
801468
Seriously.  None.  In the end he will be told to give you one half of what ever he got.  I have seen this happen many times.  I work for an attorney.  If your not close to trial then not much is going to happen.  Even then you will just have to get compensated.
567000
The two things are unrelated.\n\nWhen Social Security began the lifespan was only slightly over 65. Recipients, on average, received benefits for only a few years. Today the lifespan has increased to, last I heard, 77.6 years.\n\nFurther, family size has shrunk and therefore there are less young workers to support each retiree.\n\nThus, in 1950, there were 16 workers to support every one beneficiary of Social Security. But today, there are only 3.3 workers supporting every Social Security beneficiary. \n\nBy the time the Baby Boom generation retires there will be only 2 workers to support each retiree.\n\nThe Social Security system is not nor was it ever an actuarially sound insurance program. Its closer to being what is usually called a Ponzi Scheme. It depends on current "contributions" (which is to say taxes) to pay for current benefits.\n\nThe bottom line is that in a few years every couple of workers will be supporting a retired person. Think about that. You'll not only have to take care of yourself but your half of the living expenses of a retiree.\n\nSomething has to change.
980806
They should send you an annual statement.  You might want to try the web site:\nhttp://www.ssa.gov/planners/calculators.htm
667734
Here is a chart that lists average benefits:\nnationally, it is just under $800/month.\nhttp://www.publicagenda.org/issues/factfiles_detail.cfm?issue_type=ss&list=10\n\nHere are several more charts on SS Benefits.\nAs noted, it is based on income - the higher your lifetime income, the higher your benefits.\nhttp://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/socsecbf/socsecbf.html
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On  the form SSA-1099, the amount in box 3 represents a repayment to the SSA for the amount of worker's comp benefits received while also receiving SS benefits. This amount should also be added back to the net amount received when computing box 5 (total benefits subject to tax). The net result of this is that the repayment is added back to net benefits as though the repayment never occurred and up to 85% of the worker's comp benefit will effectively be subjected to taxation. This is perfectly legal under Sec. 86(d)(3)(B).
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You can work up to a certain amount before being declared unretired. Call the local SSI office and they will be able to give you all the info.
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Disability is critical to protect the income stream of the any income earner.  Not just to protect the loss of income to the family, but also to cover the living and medical expenses of the disabled.\n\nHowever, you need to evaluate the policy.  $250/month sounds like a lot, but it might be because you're getting a high coverage.  Generally, you should insure about 2/3 of your current income.  Because the benefit will not be taxable if you pay the premium using after-tax dollars.\n\n- Does the policy cover own occupation or any occupation?  Get one policy that at least cover own occupation for the first several years of disability.\n\n- Does the policy pay up to age 65, or for a duration like 5 to 10 years?  The longer the payment, the higher the premium.\n\n- Is there a social security income rider? The premium will be cheaper with this rider since the insurance will work in conjunction with the SSI not in addition.\n\nIt's true that group policies are much cheaper than individual ones.  However, those policies will cease when your husband leaves work or is laid off.  It's still wise to own your own disability policy.  But if the job is relative secure, you might opt for a smaller coverage on your individual disability policy which will bring the premium down.\n\nAlso, if you pay the premium annually or quarterly, it's always cheaper than paying monthly.
1103919
Not sure but they'll probably cut you a pretty fat check going back to when you first filed your claim but be aware SS Admin is famous for coming back down the road saying they overpaid and may want some back so set aside a chunk of the $$$ just in case
28050
Depends on what state you live in.  The cost of living varies from state to state, so the amount of benifits you will recieve will vary as well.
1051019
Let's see...that is the Federal benefit, right?\n\nIt should be $603 per month, U.S. funds.  However, if you work, depending on the state you live in and whether you are doing multiple part-time contingent jobs or steadier work this can vary considerably....\n\nThe general rule of thumb is: the first $60-100 dollars of *gross*, pre-tax income you make is ignored by the system unless you have a pending over-payment from a previous month.  After that first $60-100, you lose fifty cents in SSI for every dollar you make, *pre-tax* (yep, it's a double tax folks...poor folks suck it up but the rich guys would and have raised a big stink over things like this...).\n\nThe real kicker on this is, you *have* to report your monthly income, if a paystub exists for it, each month, even though the local office may take up to three months to process the info.  This can mean that your income at the moment will wildly and erratically rise and fall depending on income you've long since spent....and the alternatives are:\n\n--not report, and then *when* you get caught, not if, find yourself getting docked for over-payments in any given month up to *three times* as late as a *year* after the fact (really, I got docked for income under-reported in March of 2003 three times, the last time in 2005??) or worse....or...\n\n--snag a job that pays under the table in cash.  Technically, if you have no paystub, you can't report.  No check, no trace.  However, on a legal level, while this does mean in theory that your employer bears the brunt of the fault for not hiring and paying you (and the payroll taxes) legally, in practice, most employers are rich enough to hire lawyers and have them shift the blame *to you*, knowing you likely can't afford such (mis)representation.\n\nSucks, doesn't it?  Especially when you have a legitimate disability that *nobody with money* wants to acknowledge, like a damn mood disorder (trust me, income cliffing borders on criminal negligence when it comes to folks with psychiatric issues, who get stable enough to work on their meds, try to work, only to have their meds yanked when neither Public Aid nor the employer pays one red cent for medications needed to stay stable enough TO work).\n\nJust my three cents, don't hate me if you need Canadian pennies, ok?
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I don't think so, it would affect your SS payments if you are collecting SS.  You will need to contact your local SS office and find out for sure.
522189
It depends on several things.  Assuming both spouses are receiving a social security monthly pension (benefit}:\n  1.) If the deceased spouse's benefit is less than the surviving spouse's benefit, then, there will be not a change and the surviving spouse will just continue receiving the same benefit with no additional amount coming from the deceased spouse's benefit;\n   2.) If the deceased spouse's benefit is greater than that of the surviving spouse's benefit, there will be an increase in the surviving spouse's benefit based upon the amount the deceased spouse was receiving.  It will ;not be the entire amount of the deceased spouse's pension.  The surviving spouse will not get both benefits.\n\nIf the surviving spouse is otherwise eligible for a social security benefit but did not qualify for one because he or she is receiving a different government pension (civil service, teacher's etc.}then,he or she will still not be able to get a social security pension even though the deceased spouse had one.\n\nIf the deceased spouse was receiving social security pension benefits and the surviving spouse was too young to be eligible for social security benefits, the surviving spouse will receive a survivor's benefit until that spouse is eligible to receive pension benefits and then that spouse will receive the higher of his or her own benefit or the one that is derived from the deceased spouse's benefit and but the survivor benefit will cease.\n\nIt can get even more complicated if the surviving spouse was previously married to a different  person for ten years and was drawing social security benefits based on that prior marriage.  The surviving spouse, then, gets a choice.  The surviving spouse would be able to select which ever benefit was higher: i.e., the benefit from the  prior husband or one derived from the present deceased spouse's benefit.  I think you can now see the complexity of the question  A call to the Social Security Office will help you to understqnd your precise situation that gave rise to this question..
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Money & a social security.