{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-220.161","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 220.161","heading":"How work affects an employee disability annuity.","body":"In addition to the condition in § 220.160, the employee's disability annuity is not payable and the employee must return the annuity payment for any month in which the employee earns more than $400 (after deduction of impairment-related work expenses) in employment or self-employment of any kind. Any annuity amounts withheld because the annuitant earned over $400 in a month may be paid after the end of the year, as shown in § 220.164. The $400 monthly limit no longer applies when the employee attains retirement age and the disability annuity is converted to a full age annuity. See § 220.145 for the definition of impairment-related work expenses.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 220—DETERMINING DISABILITY","Subpart M—Disability Annuity Earnings Restrictions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"04f45464bb224f7103d98ad631e109166c5f630b1b277ba499fc20166d59e92f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-220.160","next":"us/20-cfr-220.162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}