PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT (PIA) - GENERAL |
| 700. |
Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) as Basic Figure |
AME OR AIME |
| 701. |
How are the Average Monthly Earnings (AME) or the Average Indexed
Monthly Earnings (AIME) computed? |
| 702. |
When is the usual computation formula used? |
COMPUTATION YEARS |
| 703. |
Computation Years Defined |
ELAPSED YEARS |
| 704. |
Elapsed Years Defined |
BASE YEARS |
| 705. |
What are base years? |
BENEFIT RATE COMPUTATIONS |
| 706. |
Determining the PIA |
OLD-START FORMULAS |
| 707. |
The Simplified Old-Start Formula |
| 708. |
When can the simplified old-start formula be used? |
| 709. |
Figuring the AME Under the Simplified Old-Start Formula |
| 710. |
How is the Primary Insurance Benefit (PIB) computed under the
simplified old-start formula? |
PERIOD OF DISABILITY EXCLUSION |
| 711. |
Are established periods of disability excluded when benefits
are computed? |
| 712. |
Figuring the PIA Under the 1990 Consolidated Methods |
| 713. |
What is included as “total earnings” when computing
the AME or AIME? |
MAXIMUM EARNINGS |
| 714. |
What are the maximum earnings that can be counted for any calendar
year for computing AME or AIME? |
| 715. |
Allocation of Self-Employment Income |
| 716. |
Elimination of the Minimum Benefit |
| 717. |
Special Minimum PIA |
| 718. |
Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) - Modified Benefit Formula
to Determine the PIA for Workers with Pensions from Non-covered
Employment |
| 719. |
Cost-of-Living Increases |
| 720. |
Delayed Retirement Credit |
| 721. |
Recomputation of the PIA |
| 722. |
The Automatic Recomputation |
REDUCED BENEFIT RATE |
| 723. |
Reduction of Benefit Rate |
| 724. |
Basic Reduction Formulas |
| 725. |
How does SSA compute the number of reduction months? |
| 726. |
Disability Insurance Benefit Reduced for Age |
| 727. |
How is the reduction amount computed? |
| 728. |
Adjustment of Reduction Factor at FRA |
| 729. |
Certificate of Election for Husband or Wife Between Ages 62
and FRA-Child “In Care” |
BENEFIT PAYMENTS |
| 730. |
Maximum Monthly Benefits Payable on One Earnings Record |
| 731. |
Adjustment of Individual Benefit Rates Because of Family Maximum |
| 732. |
How Adjustment for Family Maximum is Figured |
| 733. |
Entitlement to More Than One Social Security Benefit at the
Same Time |
| 734. |
Entitlement to Retirement or Disability Insurance Benefits
and Another Benefit |
| 735. |
What happens if a child is entitled to benefits on more than
one earnings record at the same time? |
| 736. |
When is a child automatically entitled on a second earnings
record? |
| 737. |
Family Maximum When Child is Entitled on More Than One Earnings
Record |
| 738. |
Rounding of Benefit Rates |
| 739. |
How to compute your benefits. |