The additional disregard and exclusion amounts have not changed since 2002.

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After exhaustion of earned income exclusion, additional income exclusions are possible. The SSA offers two additional exclusions: the Earned Income Disregard of $65 from countable earnings and General Income Exclusion of $20 applied to unearned income or, for no unearned income, to remaining countable income.

Additional Income Exclusions

Golden, T. P., & Jones, M. A. (n.d.). SSI and Postsecondary Education Support for Students with Disabilities.

SSI and Postsecondary Education Support for Students with Disabilities

From remaining income, the SSA will divide the amount by half, and deduct said half from federal benefit rate given to individual. Hence, the Student Earned Income Exclusion can help support secondary education by increasing monthly disposable income, on top of SSI benefits (also eligible for federal and state medical benefits while under SSI).

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