Earned and Unearned Income, Work Incentives, and SSI

Work incentives in the table below are light red.

STEP 1

Unearned Income
(including SSDI)

$________

Subtract General Exclusion
(if a person has no unearned income, use this $20 GE with the Earned Income Exclusion, see Step 2)

– $20.00

Equals Countable Unearned Income

= $________
STEP 2
Earned Income (Gross Wages) $______
Subtract Student Earned Income Exclusion – $ _____ _

Equals New Countable Earned Income

= $_______
Subtract Earned Income Exclusion (subtract an additional $20 if GE was not used in Step 1) – $ 65.00  

Equals New Countable Earned Income

= $_______

Subtract Impairment Related Work Expense – $ _____ _

Equals New Countable Earned Income

= $_______

Divide by 2 รท 2
Division answer = $________
Subtract Division answer from New Countable Earned Income – $________

Equals New Countable Earned Income

= $_______

Subtract Blind Work Expense (if blind) – $ _____ _

Equals New Countable Earned Income

= $_______

STEP 3
Total Countable Unearned Income

(from Step 1)

$_______
Plus Total New Countable Earned Income
(from Step 3)
+ $_______

Equals New Countable Earned and Unearned Income

= $_______

STEP 4
Total New Countable Earned and Unearned Income (from Step 3) $_______
Subtract PASS Plan (if approved) – $ _____ _

Equals Newest Total Countable Income

= $_______

STEP 5
SSI FBR (includes any State Supplement) $________
Subtract Total Countable Income (from Step 4) – $________

Equals New Adjusted SSI Payment

= $_______

Current SSI FBR