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Generally, if you receive Social Security disability you are allowed to make or earn an amount which is equal to or less than the monthly substantial gainful work activity amount (called SGA). Each year the Social Security Administration sets a new substantial gainful work activity amount. If you decide to return to work, you need to contact your local Social Security office to find out the current substantial gainful work activity amount for that year. Also, if you are already working, you need to report your work activity to avoid any potential overpayments. Social Security has many incentives to encourage disability benefit recipients to return to the work force. However, it is important to remember that all work activity above the monthly substantial gainful work activity amount may affect your Social Security disability benefits. So, to protect yourself if you are receiving either SSD or SSI benefits, you need to do the following: if you engage in work activity of any kind, you need to notify the social security administration. And it may be wise to do this more than once as there are thousands of horror stories that involve recipients who A. contacted their local social security office when they started working, B. never heard back from them, C. kept working, and D. kept cashing their disability checks. Of course, what I’m referring to are “overpayment horror stories”. So, in other words, don’t be content to call social security only once about your new work activity. Contact them periodically as you work and continue to receive disability checks so you can avoid an overpayment assessment AND so you can also point out later that you did everything in your power to keep them updated on your work situation. 
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