Even if you receive Social Security benefits, you will have to file a tax return and pay taxes if you have outside income from different sources.These income sources include work wages, self employment earnings, and dividends from life insurance policies and investments.ven if you receive Social Security benefits, you will have to file a tax return and pay taxes if you have outside income from different sources.
In July of 2007 the claims backlog for SSDI and SSI cases was at its highest mark ever reaching 749,224 cases. The information below should help give you an idea of how long it takes to get a decision at the hearing level. The national average in 7/07 was 528 days. As of 5/30/08 a new report was published with an update on processing times at the hearing level. The national average for 5/08 was 523 days.
If you really want to get a handle on how long your hearing decision will take, simply call the hearing office and speak with a staff member. Just keep this in mind: anything they tell you should be ingested with several grains of salt.Regarding how long your benefits will take to commence...this is even more nebulous.If you are approved for benefits, your file will be sent by the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) to a payment processing center.ow long will it take to get a decision from a judge once you've already had your disability hearing? There is no standard amount of time. If you're represented, the person handling your case may have a fairly good handle on how long a particular judge normally takes to get a decision out.