{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.436","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.436","heading":"Excess earnings; months to which excess earnings cannot be charged because individual is deemed not entitled to benefits.","body":"Under the annual earnings test, excess earnings (as described in § 404.430) are not charged to any month in which an individual is deemed not entitled to a benefit. A beneficiary (i.e., the insured individual or any person entitled or deemed entitled on the individual's earnings record) is deemed not entitled to a benefit for a month if he is subject to a deduction for that month because of:\n(a) Engaging in noncovered remunerative activity outside the United States (as described in §§ 404.417 and 404.418); or\n(b) Failure to have a child in his or her care (as described in § 404.421).","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart E—Deductions; Reductions; and Nonpayments of Benefits"],"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":"c58dd5e6dfa34f6ee1c89d05a32e0b91afdabb31bca63ce14d6161cc5a4c2b18","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.435","next":"us/20-cfr-404.437"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}