20 CFR § 418.1230 - What is the effective date of an income-related monthly adjustment amount initial determination that is based on a more recent tax year?

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title: "20 CFR § 418.1230 - What is the effective date of an income-related monthly adjustment amount initial determination that is based on a more recent tax year?"
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title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "418.1230"
section_name: "What is the effective date of an income-related monthly adjustment amount initial determination that is based on a more recent tax year?"
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "418"
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# 418.1230 What is the effective date of an income-related monthly adjustment amount initial determination that is based on a more recent tax year?

(a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, when your modified adjusted gross income for the more recent tax year is significantly reduced as a result of a major life-changing event, our initial determination is generally effective on January 1 of the year in which you make your request. If your first month of enrollment or reenrollment in Medicare Part B is after January of the year for which you make your request, our initial determination is effective on the first day of your Medicare Part B enrollment or reenrollment.

(b) We will make a determination about your income-related monthly adjustment amount for the year preceding the year that you make your request in the limited circumstances explained in § 418.1310(a)(4). When we make a determination for the preceding year, our initial determination is generally effective on January 1 of that year. If your first month of enrollment or reenrollment in Medicare Part B is after January of that year, our initial determination is effective on the first day of your Medicare Part B enrollment or reenrollment.

(c) Our initial determination will be effective January 1 of the year following the year you make your request, when your modified adjusted gross income will not be significantly reduced as a result of one or more of the events described in § 418.1205(a) through (g) until the year following the year you make your request.

[71 FR 62931, Oct. 27, 2006, as amended at 75 FR 41086, July 15, 2010; 78 FR 57260, Sept. 28, 2013]