Discontinued Survivor's Benefits
65 year old and officially retired from my W-2 when I turned 62. I began collecting survivors benefits from my deceased spouse. No problem until I went back to work as a temp for much less pay at my old office.
I was concerned because I also was offered a permanent position with more pay but that has not been officially offered yet. I made the mistake of calling the Social Security office to which the representative last week told me it's not a concern and that once the threshold of maximum earnings is reached they withhold $1 for every extra $2 made over the threshold.
The representative said there's no need to suspend payments until possibly later in the year when my earnings have accumulated. I told the representative that I do intend on using my own Social Security account when I turn FRA next year which at that time I will no longer be working a W-2 job.
I checked my bank account and sure enough last week the Social Security payment was missing. I did not receive any notification in the mail. The representative that I spoke to last week must have immediately put in to get it suspended despite what she told me on the phone.
As a temp I have only made about 9,000 this year; nowhere near the threshold of $24,480 for the year. And there is no guarantee that I will be hired permanently full time as I have not received an offer letter nor will receive one for probably a good six to eight weeks if it does in fact happen.
I immediately sent in an appeal but am I reading the rules wrong? After our conversation on May 7th I am wondering why the rep immediately suspended my account?