20 CFR § 404.803 - Conclusiveness of the record of your earnings.

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title: "20 CFR § 404.803 - Conclusiveness of the record of your earnings."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
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section_name: "Conclusiveness of the record of your earnings."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
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part_name: "FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950-  )"
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# 404.803 Conclusiveness of the record of your earnings.

(a) *Generally.* For social security purposes, SSA records are evidence of the amounts of your earnings and the periods in which they were received.

(b) *Before time limit ends.* Before the time limit ends for a year, SSA records are evidence, but not conclusive evidence, of the amounts and periods of your earnings in that year.

(c) *After time limit ends.* After the time limit ends for a year—

(1) If SSA records show an entry of self-employment income or wages for an employer for a period in that year, our records are conclusive evidence of your self-employment income in that year or the wages paid to you by that employer and the periods in which they were received unless one of the exceptions in § 404.822 applies;

(2) If SSA records show no entry of wages for an employer for a period in that year, our records are conclusive evidence that no wages were paid to you by that employer in that period unless one of the exceptions in § 404.822 applies; and

(3) If SSA records show no entry of self-employment income for that year, our records are conclusive evidence that you did not receive self-employment income in that year unless the exception in § 404.822(b)(2) (i) or (iii) applies.