"While waiting for SSA to determine if I qualified I collected disability insurance from my employer. After being approved, I was required to pay back my ex-employer for the benefits they paid me. NOW! SSA is counting both payments as income are going to cut my SSD by over $8.000. I didn't get to keep both payments, what can I do?"
I am not sure why you think that Social Security is cutting your disability benefits. If you had long or short disability benefits from your employer, they generally have you sign an agreement that forces you to repay benefits paid when you get a back payment of disability benefits. That is something that is strictly between you and the long or short term disability benefit provider.
The only kind of benefit that could cause Social Security to offset their disability payment would be workman's compensation benefits. If you collected those benefits at any time since you became unable to work, Social Security will use the amount you were paid to reduce or even suspend benefits payable. Social Security considers Workman's Compensation benefits to be government benefits and they may reduce your monthly Social Security benefits or even the full benefit amounts for the months you receive workman's compensation benefits.
This information, btw, was obtained from the official IRS site.
You should receive your Form SSA-1099 or Form RRB-1099 by early February for the benefits paid in the prior calendar year. The form will show benefits paid to the person who has the legal right to receive them, and the amount of any benefits you repaid. It will also show amounts by which the benefits were reduced because you received workers compensation benefits. The substitute workers compensation benefits would be taxable to the same extent. For additional information, refer to Publication 915, Social Security and Equivalent Railroad Retirement Benefits.
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I am not sure why you think that Social Security is cutting your disability benefits. If you had long or short disability benefits from your employer, they generally have you sign an agreement that forces you to repay benefits paid when you get a back payment of disability benefits. That is something that is strictly between you and the long or short term disability benefit provider.
The only kind of benefit that could cause Social Security to offset their disability payment would be workman's compensation benefits. If you collected those benefits at any time since you became unable to work, Social Security will use the amount you were paid to reduce or even suspend benefits payable. Social Security considers Workman's Compensation benefits to be government benefits and they may reduce your monthly Social Security benefits or even the full benefit amounts for the months you receive workman's compensation benefits.
This information, btw, was obtained from the official IRS site.
You should receive your Form SSA-1099 or Form RRB-1099 by early February for the benefits paid in the prior calendar year. The form will show benefits paid to the person who has the legal right to receive them, and the amount of any benefits you repaid. It will also show amounts by which the benefits were reduced because you received workers compensation benefits. The substitute workers compensation benefits would be taxable to the same extent. For additional information, refer to Publication 915, Social Security and Equivalent Railroad Retirement Benefits.
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