SSI Calculator – Blind Work Expense

If you are blind, Social Security allows certain expenses to be deducted from your wages when calculating your SSI eligibility and payment amount. A list of BWE expenses can be found in the SSA Red Book or at SSI Spotlight on Impairment-Related Work Expenses

Please note this calculator is for estimating only. Social Security will make the official determination when you report your wages.

To calculate your SSI benefit, just type in your monthly wage before taxes and your monthly BWE amount then press tab.

 

Step 1

 

$

Gross Monthly Wages (before taxes)

-

$20.00

General Income Exclusion

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=

$0.00

-

$65.00

Earned Income Exclusion

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=

$0.00

÷

2

Divide remaining Earned Income by 2

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=

$0.00

Countable Earned Income

Step 2

 

$698.00

SSI Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) = $698.00 in 2012

-

$0.00

Countable Earned Income

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=

$0.00

SSI Benefit Check without a BWE

Step 3

-

$0.00

Countable Earned Income

 

$

Monthly BWE amount

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=

$0.00

Revised Countable Earned Income

Step 4

 

$698.00

SSI Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) = $698.00 in 2012

-

$0.00

Revised Countable Earned Income

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=

$0.00

SSI Benefit Check with a BWE

Step 5

 

$0.00

Gross Monthly Wages (before taxes)

+

$0.00

SSI Benefit Check with a BWE

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=

$0.00

Total Gross Monthly Budget amount with BWE