Get SSA-7050-F4 2014

Your earnings record is a record of all earnings you have received during your work history kept by the SSA for the purpose of determining your eligibility for Social Security Disability and the amount of Social Security Disability benefits you would be eligible to receive in the event you become disabled.

collects the information when a surviving widow(er) is not already entitled to a monthly benefit on the same earnings records, or is not filing for a lump-sum death payment as a former spouse. SSA uses the information Form SSA-1724 provides to ensure proper payment of an underpayment due a deceased beneficiary.

If you're 18 years old or older, you can create a my Social Security account. At www.socialsecurity.gov/ myaccount, you can get your Social Security Statement to check your earnings record, and see estimates of future retirement, disability, and survivor benefits.

However, you can still access a basic earnings report for free online or request one by mail. A basic report lists your combined earnings for each year you have worked and paid Social Security tax on your wages. If you require more information, you can order detailed or certified copies of your earnings for a fee.

To see your Statement online anytime, create a my Social Security account at myaccount.socialsecurity.gov.

Let us know if a person receiving Social Security benefits dies. We can't pay benefits for the month of death. That means if the person died in July, the check received in August (which is payment for July) must be returned.

Check or Money Order Instructions Enclose one check or money order per request form payable to the Social Security Administration and write the Social Security number in the memo. How long will it take SSA to process my request? Please allow SSA 120 days to process this request.

If the deceased was receiving Social Security benefits, you must return the benefit received for the month of death and any later months. For example, if the person died in July, you must return the benefits paid in August. ... Request that any funds received for the month of death or later be returned to Social Security.

Name of the deceased, date of the death, SSN, state of living. Name of the applicant, relationship to the deceased. Name of the surviving widow(er), address, Social Security Number.

They have a limited amount of time in which to do so: three years, three months, and 15 days following the end of the calendar year in which they earn the income.