Earnings Inquiry Request from Ticket to Work

Submit this online Earnings Inquiry Request by filling in the fields below and clicking "Send" to request earnings information for Ticket-holders assigned to your organization prior to submitting payment requests. Upon receiving this Earnings Inquiry Request (EIR), MAXIMUS will review quarterly wage earnings records available to Social Security and respond in writing indicating whether the requested Ticket-holder has reported earnings at or above three times Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) for each calendar quarter available. Wage earnings at this level in a quarter may mean that the beneficiary earned over SGA for each of the three months within the quarter. This, in turn, may indicate that your EN is eligible for payment. Because there is some lag time between the actual earnings period and the data appearance in Social Security administrative records, only calendar quarters ending over five months ago will be available.

**Please Note the following points:

• Only written EIR requests will be accepted. Responses will not be given to verbal requests.
• Because the quarterly wage records available to Social Security store earnings data for only the last 8 quarters, the oldest information available is 8 quarters plus 8 months back (for lag time), or just over 2 ½ years.
• Earnings information is first available 8 months after the time period in which it was earned: 3 months for the end of a quarter plus 5 months for the records to appear.
• Earnings information is not available for time periods prior to the date of Ticket assignment.
• This earnings information is intended to give you an indication of the beneficiary's level of earnings to assist you in deciding if you should request a payment. The information does not guarantee that you are eligible for EN payment. Several other variables apply when granting EN payment. Even if the beneficiary is reported with earnings over three times SGA for a quarter, the only way to determine if a beneficiary has achieved payment outcomes is to submit a payment request to MAXIMUS.
• Unfortunately, not all earnings information is available in Social Security administrative records. For example, earnings may not be available for Ticket-holders who are self-employed or work for the Federal government.

Special note regarding the use of the earnings information on the EIR responses you will receive:

• At this time we are unable to use EIR as evidence of earnings; however, MAXIMUS and the Social Security Administration are currently working on changes to the payment process that will allow for the submission of an EIR along with a payment request in some payment situations. These changes will likely go into effect in mid-February. MAXIMUS will alert ENs when these details have been finalized and provide the training necessary to adapt to these changes.