The PayeeKit blog
For family members and guardians managing Social Security benefits for someone else. Every rule in a post is checked against SSA's own pages, and the sources are listed at the end.
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Keeping the benefits separate from your own money
A payee keeps the benefits apart from their own money, in an account titled to the person. How SSA wants it set up, the one exception, and paying yourself back.
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SSI's $2,000 limit is checked on the first of the month
SSA counts an SSI recipient's savings at the first moment of each month. What that means for a payee, what doesn't count, and how to plan the last week.
