About Mabank. Mabank, Texas. (Mabank, Texas is located on U.S. Highway 175, near the intersection of Farm Road 90, FM 198, and U.S. Highway 175, sixteen miles southeast of Kaufman, Texas, far in the southeast corner of Kaufman County, Texas. The Mabank, Texas area was first settled by Lorenzo D. Stover in 1846.
A: Your Social Security payment is based on your best 35 years of work. And, whether we like it or not, if you donât have 35 years of work, the Social Security Administration (SSA) still uses 35 years and posts zeros for the missing years, says Andy Landis, author of Social Security: The Inside Story, 2016 Edition.
Social Security deems a certain monthly income as Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA). If you earn less than the SGA (for 2016, it's $1,130 per month), your monthly benefits won't be impacted. If you earn more than that amount, Social Security will give you a trial work period of nine months to see if your return to work will be permanent. After that period if up, your benefits will be terminated if you earn more than the SGA amount.