NL: Notices, Letters and Paragraphs
TN 24 (12-17)
SEID01 Dictated Text
SEIR01 Income not SEI
We could not use (1) income for (2) as earnings from self-employment because (3) .
Fill-ins:
(1) “your”/Ms. or Mr. plus number holder's last name
*(2) year(s) in the format “YYYY” or “YYYY and YYYY” or “YYYY, YYYY and YYYY”
*(3)
A. Income from renting rooms and apartments is not self-employment income unless special services are given to the tenants
B. a farm owner's share of income usually is not self- employment income when a tenant works the farm
C. Income from renting real estate is not self-employment income unless it is received as part of a real estate dealer's ordinary work
D. Capital gains and losses are not considered self- employment income. Only gains and losses from disposing of inventory can be considered self-employment income
E. Income from the sale of livestock for dairy work or for breeding is not self-employment income
F. not all business deductions were taken. All deductions from income must be taken when a self-employment tax return is filed with the Internal Revenue Service
G. the income was not received from a trade or business. We only consider income received from a trade or business to be self-employment income
H. the income does not meet our requirements to be considered as self-employment income
(*) indicates that the fill-in is manual
SEIR02 SEI Determination Pending
We have not decided whether your income for (1) was self-employment income. We will let you know as soon as we make this decision. If we decide that it was self-employment income, we will also tell you if it will increase your benefit.
Fill-in:
(1) Year(s) *
(*) indicates that the fill-in is manual
SEIR03 SEI not Used – Tax Return not Filed Timely
We could not use (1) income from self- employment for (2) because a federal tax return to report it was not filed on time. To be considered on time, tax returns have to be filed within 3 years, 3 months, and 15 days from the end of the taxable year.
Fill-ins:
(1) SN possessive/“your”
(2) Year(s) *
(*) indicates that the fill-in is manual
SEIR04 SEI not Used – No Proof
We asked you for proof of (1) income from self-employment for (2) . We have not considered this income because (3) (4) not given us the proof we asked for.
Fill-ins:
(1) SN possessive/“your” *
(2) Year(s)
(3) “you”/“she”/“he” *
(4) “have”/“has” *
(*) indicates that the fill-in is manual
SEIR05 SEI Amount Adjusted
(1) reported self-employment income of $ (2) for (3) . We have reduced this to $ (4) because (5) .
Fill-ins:
(1) SN
(2) Old dollar amount *
(3) Year *
(4) New dollar amount *
(5)
a. “income from renting the rooms and apartments is not self-employment income unless special services are given to the tenants” *
b. “a farm owner's share of income usually is not self-employment income when a tenant works the farm”
c. “income from renting real estate is not self-employment income unless it is received as part of a real estate dealer's ordinary work”
d. “capital gains and losses are not considered self-employment income. Only gains and losses from disposing of inventory can be considered self-employment income”
e. “income from the sale of livestock for dairy work or breeding is not self-employment income”
f. “not all business deductions were taken. All deductions from income must be taken when a self-employment tax return is filed with the Internal Revenue Service”
g. “the income was not received from a trade or business. We only consider income received from a trade or business to be self-employment income”
(*) indicates that the fill-in is manual
SEI006 SEI Adjustment Referred to IRS
We will send a copy of our decision about (1) self-employment earnings to the Internal Revenue Service. They will make any changes that are needed to the tax record.
Fill-in:
(1) “your”/name
SEIR07 SEI not Used – Under Limit
Net income from self-employment of less than $400 per year is not considered earnings for Social Security purposes. Since we reduced your self-employment income for (1) to less than $400, it does not count as Social Security earnings.
Fill-in:
(1) Year *
(*) indicates that the fill-in is manual