I was FRAmed
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The METs
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100

Full retirement age for someone

born October 3, 1958.

What is 66 years 8 months (June 2025)

100

what does ORS stand for?

Online Retrieval System 

100

The monthly allowable amount in 2023 for someone born July 4, 1958.

What is $1,770

100

Estimated wages for 2020 shown on this MBR

HI-START    12/2019
SMI-START  12/2019

YOER-20 TOER-W TOW-W EARNINGS-$43000



What is $43,000

100

The amount over the earnings limit is divided by this value to figure the excess earnings

when in FRA year

What is 3 (1 for 3 rule)

200

Age at which Annual Earnings test

no longer applies. 

What is FRA

200

What doe VIPr stand for 

Visitor Intake Process Revision

200

Any month in which an entitled beneficiary does not earn wages of more than the monthly earnings test, or perform substantial services in self-employment.

What is a Non-Service Month

200

Number of hours worked per month in self-employment always considered substantial


What is more than 45

200

The excess earnings is divided by this to determine how many checks to withhold

What is the MBA (Monthly Benefit Amount)

300

I have been eligible to receive DRC's for 2 years now. If I file today how many months retro can I go back? 

What is 6 months

300

LMETY is the acronym for this

What is Last Monthly Earnings Test Year

300

Which non-service months on the DEME would you mark with an X if the MET is applied, and they stopped working on July 31, 2023 and was over MET through July. 

What is "X"   August-December 2023



300

Type code used on the DEME screen to reflect all earnings for year are from self-employment
 Types 1=Wages 2=SEI 3= Wages and SEI
    Year    TYPE     AMOUNT 

     22   ____        ________
     23   ____        ________


What is “2”

300

Using the AET test, what months earnings are counted to determine excess earnings if under FRA?

What is all earnings in a taxable year

400

Months counted towards annual earnings test when FRA is attained in July

What is January through June

400

TCIS stands for

Treasury Check Information System

400

In order to apply the Monthly Earnings Test, this must exist

What is the Grace Year

400

I contacted June 30th of 2023 to file for rib (I am under FRA). I have an appointment scheduled for 11/08/23. I want my benefits to start as soon as possible because I stopped working June 1, 2023. What's the earliest I can start my benefits?  

MOE= 06/2023 and paid 07/2023

400

Earnings limit in 2023 for someone with date of birth September 17, 1956

What is NO limit

(FRA attained in January 2023)

500

FRA is reached in this month and year for someone born on April 1, 1957, no fooling.

What is September 2023

(66 & 6 months, but born on first of month)

500

What is ARF stand for?

Adjustment of Reduction Factors

500

Number of months payable in 2023 for a 63 year old with current MBA $1825, MOE 05/2023, 2023 estimated earnings of $8,750 and 2024 estimate of $250,000, 2024 NSMs January through March.

What is Zero

(Grace year used in 2023. AET will not allow payment)

500

Excess earnings for a 64 year old in 2023, with an earnings estimate of $29,240

What is $4,000

($29,240 - $21,240 = $8,000;

$8,000/2 = $4,000)

500

Earnings over the allowable amount for someone attaining FRA in October 2023, with annual estimate of $60,000

What is Zero

($60,000 x 12 and multiply by 9= $45,000; 2023 earnings limit for someone attaining FRA is $56,520)