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Can I Receive My SSI With My Retirement Pay?

Can I still receive my SSI income with my retirement pay. I'm still disabled.

Hi. The abbreviation SSI means different things to different people, but if what you're receiving is Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and if you also receive retirement pay, the retirement pay would offset your SSI payments roughly dollar for dollar. However, if you're receiving Social Security retirement or disability (SSDI) benefits, then your retirement pay wouldn't reduce your Social Security payment amount unless perhaps the retirement pay is based on your earnings on which you didn't pay Social Security taxes (https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10045.pdf).

Best, Jerry

Posted: 
Aug 1 2021 - 12:06pm
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