Full question: For caring for my adult disabled child in my home, I receive Medicaid waiver payments designated as “difficulty of care payments” under notice 2014-7, which are excludable from my gross income for both income taxes and FICA. If I begin to collect early retirement benefits before my FRA, do these payments above $19,560 reduce my benefit 1:2?

Hi there,

No. Those payments should not affect your benefits because they are not “earned income.” They are excluded from FICA, the Social Security and Medicare payroll tax contributions.

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Martha

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