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Using SSI Work Incentives

Quick Quiz

Question 1:

If an SSI beneficiary receives a monthly Social Security disability payment, the SSI program will not count the first $20 of the Social Security received.
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Answer: True

Question 2:

If a recipient works, the SSI program will exclude the first $65 of monthly gross earning ($85 if there is no unearned income) and one-third of the remaining earned income.
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Answer: False

Question 3:

SSI’s Student Earned Income Exclusion allows a student who is under age 22 who regularly attends school to earn up to $2,290 gross in a month or $9,230 gross per year in 2024 without any of that money counted as income by the SSI program.
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Answer: True

Question 4:

Due to a learning disability, an SSI beneficiary cannot take public transportation to a job. A VR agency pays $150 per month for 3 months for training on skills for using public transportation. The $150 monthly expense will qualify as an IRWE.
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Answer: False

Question 5:

If a blind individual pays for afterschool childcare while they are working, the cost of childcare can be deducted as a Blind Work Expense.
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Answer: True

Question 6:

If an expense can be deducted as an IRWE or a BWE, the person is better off asking that the expense be deducted as an IRWE.
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Answer: False