Hello Janke: Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner but had a computer crash and lost lot's of data. (username password stuff) I appreciate your detailed answers very much but I'm still very confused about this system. I have a couple of questions about your last post to this thread. Again thanks very much for taking the time to answer so much confusion on my part.
>> How much are you going to make each month for the rest of the year?<<
SSA was notified that the Census job was temporary and only for 30 days, before I left SC.
>>If you only worked one month at the Census and she lost 1/2 of her benefits for a year, something is wrong. Either you misunderstood or SSI has the wrong information from her. <<
Actually I attempted to make full notice of this stuff before we split apart. I informed SSA (at there office) that a: I was leaving, and b: all information on Census Job. the nature of the Census Payroll was a mess. All the financial verification SSA needed from Census had literally NOT been processed and would not be processed for nearly thirty more days due to the ennormous number of temporary employees for the 2010 Census. I repeatedly tried to explain this to SSA, I asked my Senator (Bill DiMint of SC) to contact SSA AND Census to get some inter-agency expedition on this and so on before I even left SC. Then in July after I had already left SC for FL my spouse called me to tell me they'd cut her SSI from 607.00 to three hundred something. they may be three months behind, but all the confusion from there end put me three months behind just trying to get the proper dates back to them. So they were made aware of my Census Job Information before we split apart for that two month period.
>>The earned income exclusion is the first $65 and 1/2 the remainder. There is also a $20 general exclusion. So if you had a paycheck with GROSS earnings of $500, the countable earned income is $207.50. But for unemployment, pensions, non-wage income, there is only a $20 exclusion so a $500 unemployment check, $480 would be countable. It is an incentive to go to work. Then there is an allocation made for you and your minor children and your court ordered child support. The rest is considered income to her.<<
Let me see if I am understanding what you're saying... my unemployment check is for $150.00 p/wk. So they would deduct $20.00 from her monthly SSI check?
I am confused about something you stated:
>> "I think it makes more sense for you to go to work and earn $700 (before taxes) a month. You don't increase your debt. You earn Social Security credits. You get a work history that you can reference when you go looking for work"<<
I am currently getting $632.00 per month from unemployment. That and what she is getting from SSI right now (due to non reporting from previous year not Census) is only $360.00 per month now. So how would me earning $700.00 per month change anything?

