My husband, who was receiving Social Security benefits due to suffering from "end stage renal disease", died in 1999. He was unable to care for himself, generally speaking. I cared for him for approximately 13 years. Is it possible I can received back pay for the years I cared for him? If so, might I expect a lump sum or several payments over a period of time. I am now 61 years old, a will be drawing my own Social Security benefits in a few years.
2007-02-13 12:14:20 · 5 answers · asked by Sandi 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
No, because you wouldn't have been able to receive benefits on his Social Security while he was alive and receiving benefits. However, you might be eligible for survivor's benefits. You won't get anything for the back years as the benefits start from the time you apply and not from the time of his death. Try the link below and you will see the proof you need. If I were you, I would check with your local SS office.
2007-02-13 12:32:21 · answer #1 · answered by zphtar 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i don't think of you somewhat comprehend how Social safe practices works. first of all, even as human beings artwork, there's a particular quantity of SS that is deducted from each and every paycheck, until eventually the day they retire. when they retire, the quantity they get, is the exact same quantity that become deducted from their paychecks, each and every of the years that they worked. you aren't from now on identifying to purchase any retiree, no longer even me. such extremely some human beings imagine as you do, notwithstanding it isn't any longer real. As a lot of human beings retirees were given on the point of retiring, all of us gained a paper from the SS place of work, telling us how a lot we will be getting month-to-month, after we retired. So, that quantity is in accordance with how a lot SS become deducted over the years that we worked. Sorry to burst your bubble...... yet you aren't from now on identifying to purchase any those who've joined the ranks of the "retired." pay interest for your father. he's precise!! If there is no SS so that you could assemble once you're prepared to retire, it is because our authorities tousled, huge time.
2016-11-27 21:29:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What back pay? Were you being paid by him to ,take care of him. I don't really understand what pay you mean.
2007-02-13 12:20:11 · answer #3 · answered by ttpawpaw 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, the government will not pay you for caring for your husband.
2007-02-13 12:29:13 · answer #4 · answered by TaxGurl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Back pay? who did you work for that owes you back pay?
2007-02-13 12:19:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋