Adding hardware such as a disc drive (e.g. CD-ROM or DVD), modem, mouse, network card, printer, sound card, or speakers are not required, but give the computer additional functionality. 1  How to install computer hardware.
Retroactive Payments. The SSDI retroactive payments are payments made to disability applicants for the time passed between the onset of the disability to the date that the application was passed. Retroactive payments are paid for 12 months prior to the date of the application being passed.
Social Security disability payments may be includable in taxable income and still not increase the tax you pay. A lump-sum retroactive payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) may be includable in taxable income, depending on the amount and your other income and deductions.