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Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion

You have monthly earnings, all or part of which must be excluded using the Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE), as long as you have not reached your calendar-year SEIE limit of $6,840 per year (in calendar year 2012). This amount was $6,600 in 2011.

You may not spread out this exclusion over the year; you must exclude the full amount of your earnings up to $1,700 each month (in 2012) until you reach your calendar-year limit. (This amount was $1,640 in 2011. For a table of previous years' limits, see the main SEIE topic.)

WorkWORLD will not calculate the results for this situation until you take one of the following actions:

· Yearly Limit Already Reached: If you have already reached your limit this calendar year and therefore cannot claim any earnings as SEIE this month, scroll up to the SEIE questions. Answer "NO" that you are not claiming any earnings as SEIE, and answer "YES" to the question asking if you have reached your calendar-year limit.

· Yearly Limit Would Be Reached: If you would reach your yearly limit by claiming an amount less than the amount you earned (and less than the monthly SEIE limit) scroll up to the SEIE question and answer "YES" that you do claim earnings, enter the amount that would cause you to reach the limit, and answer "YES" to the question asking if the amount you entered causes you to reach your limit.

· Yearly Limit Not Reached: If you would not reach your yearly limit by claiming the amount you earned (up to the monthly SEIE limit), scroll up to the SEIE questions. Answer "YES" that you do claim earnings as SEIE, and enter the amount you earned (up to the monthly SEIE limit).

NOTE: Your SSA Claims Representative is supposed to ensure that you receive your full SEIE automatically without any action on your part. WorkWORLD users have, however, reported to us that the exclusions have sometimes not been applied. You should check with your Claims Representative to make sure that your SEIE is taken into account in calculating your benefit amount.

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