20 CFR § 220.161 - How work affects an employee disability annuity.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s220.161"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 220.161 - How work affects an employee disability annuity."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "220.161"
section_name: "How work affects an employee disability annuity."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "220"
part_name: "DETERMINING DISABILITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C. 231a; 45 U.S.C. 231f."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 12980, Mar. 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "220"
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# 220.161 How work affects an employee disability annuity.
In addition to the condition in § 220.160, the employee's disability annuity is not payable and the employee must return the annuity payment for any month in which the employee earns more than $400 (after deduction of impairment-related work expenses) in employment or self-employment of any kind. Any annuity amounts withheld because the annuitant earned over $400 in a month may be paid after the end of the year, as shown in § 220.164. The $400 monthly limit no longer applies when the employee attains retirement age and the disability annuity is converted to a full age annuity. See § 220.145 for the definition of impairment-related work expenses.
[56 FR 12980, Mar. 28, 1991, as amended at 68 FR 39010, July 1, 2003]