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Show i PcorJa noGGiuino S 881 Fuponls v People receiving supplemental security in-come in-come (SSI) payments must: : report any change in income' that could affect their eligibility for these payments, "- according to Marvin E. Mor-timeyer, Mor-timeyer, district manager of ' the Salt Lake City social security office. MR. MORTIMEYER said the reports should be made as ! soon as the change occurs so that SSI checks may be adjusted ad-justed promptly. Some of the income changes ' - that must be reported, he added, ad-ded, include changes in amounts of an individual's : ; earnings or the earnings of a wife or husband, changes in; amounts received from' '.' railroad retirement and ; r Veterans Administration, and changes in the amounts contributed con-tributed by friends or relatives. rela-tives. THE SSI program makes monthly payments to people with little or no income and limited resources who are 65 or over or blind or disabled. Changes in income can affect eligibility and the amount of monthly payments. ' Failure to report income changes, the official said, can result in overpayments and the withholding of later checks. Failure to report or a delay in reporting can also bring penalties. PEOPLE CAN report income in-come or get information simply by calling a social security office. The number in Bountiful is 355-3500. |