inspiringmind
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Wyoming
I keep reading and am being told by SSA that an SSI payment is based off the last two months of income. But that you are due benefits the same month you are elegible for benefits. Like in August of this year: my son had been getting $400 a month from May thru July 2005...so technically it would be in September that his check would go back to normal, but I called SS in August and told them that he no longer got that $400 check and wouldn't get one for August and he had a check from SSI a week later. (Didn't have direct deposit then.) On October 6th I went to SS office and gave them the income info for September, 5 days later a direct deposit for September. October 22nd I gave income for October and 3 days later a direct deposit for the month of October. Now for this month my hubby stopped working, he has one more check today for around $65 gross. I will go into SS today and give them this income information and I expect the same thing to happen that has already happened 3 times in the past, they will plug into the computers the amount and know he won't be getting anymore checks so I expect in about 4 days or so the SSI check for November...but it confuses me, they seem to say it doesn't catch up or something for 2 months, but when your income changes so much and you are due benefits that month they just change it to send you a check. Maybe someone could explain this a little bit easier as to which one it really is!!
Mary
I keep reading and am being told by SSA that an SSI payment is based off the last two months of income. But that you are due benefits the same month you are elegible for benefits. Like in August of this year: my son had been getting $400 a month from May thru July 2005...so technically it would be in September that his check would go back to normal, but I called SS in August and told them that he no longer got that $400 check and wouldn't get one for August and he had a check from SSI a week later. (Didn't have direct deposit then.) On October 6th I went to SS office and gave them the income info for September, 5 days later a direct deposit for September. October 22nd I gave income for October and 3 days later a direct deposit for the month of October. Now for this month my hubby stopped working, he has one more check today for around $65 gross. I will go into SS today and give them this income information and I expect the same thing to happen that has already happened 3 times in the past, they will plug into the computers the amount and know he won't be getting anymore checks so I expect in about 4 days or so the SSI check for November...but it confuses me, they seem to say it doesn't catch up or something for 2 months, but when your income changes so much and you are due benefits that month they just change it to send you a check. Maybe someone could explain this a little bit easier as to which one it really is!!
Mary