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          How Work and Earnings Can Affect Employees Initially Awarded Disability Annuities
          Part II - Work and Earnings
          Chapter 9 - Self-Employment
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              Introduction
          Part I - How Age Affects a Disability Annuity
          Part II - Work and Earnings
                                Chapter 5 - How Work Can Affect Your Disability Annuity
          Chapter 6 - What is Work for Earnings?
          Chapter 7 - Activities That May Be Considered Work
          Chapter 8 - Owning, Selling, Transferring a Business
          Chapter 9 - Self-Employment
          Chapter 10 - Substantial Gainful Activity
          Chapter 11 - Trial Work Period
          Part III - When Work and Earnings Indicate Recovery From Disability
          Part IV - Your Responsibility for Reporting Events
          Important Notices Chapter 9 - Self-Employment
							 
							
							
            Self-employment is work performed in a person's own business, trade or profession, rather than for an employer. Earnings limitations apply to self-employment and, like any employment, may indicate recovery from disability.
 
When you claim self-employment, whether it is a partnership, sole proprietorship, Limited Liability Company, Limited Liability Partnership or other type of business entity, the RRB will determine whether the self- employment impacts your disability benefits.
 
If you are self-employed as a consultant, the RRB considers how your self-employment compares to the work you did for your former railroad or nonrailroad employer before you applied for your disability annuity.

To determine how your self-employment affects your disability annuity, the RRB may require you to provide detailed information about your business activity by completing RRB Form AA-4, *Self-Employment and Substantial Service Questionnaire*; RRB Form G-252, *Self-Employment/Corporate Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring;* and/or submitting copies of personal and business tax returns.
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