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Not receiving SSD or SSI so I have no clue about requirements or limits.  Sounds like a nimble step is required to work around the income rules if you are receiving those payments.  Good luck to all.

re: the part of your post about paying taxes on your SSD if less than $25,000 a year.  That should be total household income, not just your SSD.  I get about $8600, but because I have my job and my husband's income and  it comes in total to over $25,000, we have to include a portion of my SSD income on our taxes. To figure it out there is a form to fill out and it will tell you what percentage you owe.  Personally I think it is stupid to tax SS.  

I have definitely been out of it from the procedure I had done today and sleeping all day.  Going to call tomorrow and get the facts.  I'll post it. 

 Ok, I called SS today.  If you are on SSD, your winnings have no effect on your benefits.  You can win the lottery for 1,000,000. and it will not effect anything!  If you collect SSI, however, it will be affected because that goes by your net worth.  It MAY affect medicare, depending on how much you win.  Medicare premiums are determined by your income, so  you wouldn't lose Medicare, you just may have to pay a higher premium.  I didn't call Social Services but I believe Medicaid is like SSI in that it goes by your net worth.

A question has come up regarding SSD work trial periods.  I'll just repeat what I was told by the SS office:  a trial period is 9 months.  You begin a trial period anytime you go to work and any month your gross income is $670 or more is counted as part of the 9 months.  Any month your gross income is $940 or more you will not collect benefits, FOR THAT MONTH ALONE.  After this trial period of 9 months, if you are still disabled, for 36 months you are still able to receive a check for any month your income falls below the $940. I have been fortunate enough to have been able to go back to work for the last 6 1/2 years without losing anything.  They still send me and my dr.'s forms every 18 months or so to determine whether or not I am still physically disabled, but my income has never been an issue because the school district I work for is too cheap to pay us a living wage, which SSD says is $940 a month.  (I'd like to see anybody actually live on that amount of money!  Figure in taxes, housing, utilities, food, clothing, transportation, medical insurance and prescriptions, co-pays for drs., etc...Not do-able!  Thank God I'm married and my husband works.)  

I diverse.  What it all comes down to is that if you receive SS Disability for yourself or your child, Win To Your Hearts Content!!!!!  I wish you big prizes, lots of smiles, and no more worries about whether you can afford to sweep or not! 

suzyq-----------Thank you for letting us know.......I am so relieved seeing I won a GP for a trip worth 5thousand in my name.

I had stopped entering things in my name and just would enter my husband...now I can sweep away.

 I appreciate you letting us know.  Happy Sweeping!

Thanks for bringing up this subject.  I recently went on SSD in June and I was wondering how my winnings would affect my SSD.

 kali, you are understanding correctly.  SSI goes by your total monthly income, and you will be affected.  SSD is not affected at all.