Social Security
Disability Insurance
Work Incentives
For
Social Security
Disability Insurance
(SSDI)
Beneficiaries,
a range of work
incentives are
available to plan
for future benefit
needs. These work
incentives occur
sequentially along a
timeline to allow
people to test their
earning capacity.
When individuals
participate in work
activity that
generates income
(such as salaries,
wages, tips,
professional fees)
and receive
income as
pay for physical or
mental work they
perform, they must
carefully track and
report their
gross earnings
(earnings before
taxes) to the Social
Security
Administration.
Individuals may do
this by submitting
their original
paycheck stubs or
documents of
earnings to the
Social Security
Administration.
There are two
important work
incentive timelines
that SSDI
beneficiaries must
track. These
timelines are the
Trial Work Period
and the
Extended Period of
Eligibility.
Other
Work Incentives
for SSDI
Beneficiaries:
Additionally, there
are work Incentives
such as
Subsidies and
Special Conditions
or
Impairment-Related
Work Expenses
that you can use
during the EPE and
beyond the 36 month
EPE to reduce your
earnings counted by
Social Security
while you are
working and are
pursuing an
employment goal. An
Indiana Works
Community Work
Incentives
Coordinator
and the
Social Security
Administration
can help you
evaluate if these
work incentives are
applicable to you.
