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Three months into SSDI and I realized I was filing my work reports wrong the whole time
I was putting my gross pay on the monthly work activity reports. Not net. A lady at the SSA office in Fresno caught it last week. She asked me why my numbers were so high. I felt stupid. All those months I might have triggered a review for nothing. Has anyone else mixed up gross vs net on their reports?
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kais672mo ago
Did they ever explain it clearly when you first started or was it buried in the fine print? Seems like a real easy thing to mess up if you aren't used to reporting stuff like that. Your mileage may vary but I bet half the people on SSDI have done the same thing at some point.
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hernandez.morgan2mo ago
You said "your mileage may vary but I bet half the people on SSDI have done the same thing at some point," and I have to disagree with that. The SSA sends out a clear booklet with your award letter that says "gross earnings" on the work report form in bold. I read mine cover to cover when I started because I was scared of messing something up. People need to take more responsibility for reading the instructions instead of blaming the fine print.
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