I have a minister who was not "full" retirement age, so he was targeted by SSA is having to pay the $1 for $2 earnings penalty for making too much money.
However, the calculation of self-employment income, even with the housing allowance, was less than the SS threshhold for the penalty. The notice from SSA showed calculations, but they were obviously incorrect, even according to their own literature.
This was for calendar year 2007. I prepared a response to SSA for my client.
One of our board members had the same problem for 2007, and posted. In the various responses, there was mentioned that the SSA error was very widespread and perhaps thousands of preachers were left in the lurch, and national attention had been brought to the matter. At the time, I consulted with my client, who had received yet another letter from SSA informing him that the matter was "under review" and the penalty was suspended pending further analysis.
A couple weeks ago, my client received yet another letter from SSA, this one informing him that he did indeed make more self-employment income in 2007 than the threshold, and they were going to withhold from his monthly benefits until the penalty was fully paid.
Does anyone remember the issue from a couple years back? M A Malody are you out there? Anyone know of further developments? This thing should have been a dead duck long ago...
However, the calculation of self-employment income, even with the housing allowance, was less than the SS threshhold for the penalty. The notice from SSA showed calculations, but they were obviously incorrect, even according to their own literature.
This was for calendar year 2007. I prepared a response to SSA for my client.
One of our board members had the same problem for 2007, and posted. In the various responses, there was mentioned that the SSA error was very widespread and perhaps thousands of preachers were left in the lurch, and national attention had been brought to the matter. At the time, I consulted with my client, who had received yet another letter from SSA informing him that the matter was "under review" and the penalty was suspended pending further analysis.
A couple weeks ago, my client received yet another letter from SSA, this one informing him that he did indeed make more self-employment income in 2007 than the threshold, and they were going to withhold from his monthly benefits until the penalty was fully paid.
Does anyone remember the issue from a couple years back? M A Malody are you out there? Anyone know of further developments? This thing should have been a dead duck long ago...
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