Years of coverage

Years of coverage are calculated in two different manners. Because the amount paid into the Social Security Trust Fund were not identified by year prior to 1951,[http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/1950amend.html http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/1950amend.html] Years of coverage before 1951 are determined by dividing pre-1951 earnings by $900.00 with any remainder dropped. The resulting number, limited to 14, is the number of years of coverage a beneficiary is credited for earnings before 1951. The limit of 14 represents the number of years from 1937, when contributions began,[http://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/2005pamphlet.pdf SSA Publication No. 21-059] p.4 through 1950.

A beneficiary is credited with a year of coverage for a year after 1950, when contributions were identified by year, based on whether contributions in that year surpass a specific threshold. A beneficiary may not earn more than one year of coverage in any given year. The thresholds for years after 1950 are:[http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/COLA/yoc.html http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/COLA/yoc.html]

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• Social Security Online. Social Security Administration. [http://www.ssa.gov www.ssa.gov].
• Social Security Program Operations Manual System. Social Security Administration. [https://s044a90.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/partlist!OpenView https://s044a90.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/partlist!OpenView].
• [http://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/2005pamphlet.pdf SSA Publication No. 21-059] A Brief History. Social Security Administration. August 2005.

• [http://www.ssa.gov www.ssa.gov] / [http://www.socialsecurity.gov Alternate] - Official website of the Social Security Administration
• [http://www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2/anyPiaWepjs04.htm Online WEP Calculator]

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