The SSI System screens and establishes an alert based on the total transaction amount reported in each IRS data category for all individuals on a record against the following tolerances:

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  $61 or more for resource indicators; and

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  $1,001 or more for income indicators.

NOTE: For an explanation of the systems processing of the IRS interface, see SM 02002.400. For IRS interface development, see MS 04422.013.

Couples’ cases include eligible couples and eligible individuals with ineligible spouses. The SSI System screens and establishes an alert based on the total transaction amount reported in each IRS data category for each member of a couple against the following tolerances:

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  $101 or more for resource indicators; and

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  $1,001 or more for income indicators.

A 5B diary is not set in the following situations if the:

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  difference between this year's and last year's total resource indicators is within $10. This tolerance only pertains to previously alerted cases from one year to the next. Alerts are not continually suppressed if they are within the $10 resource indicator tolerance; or

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  current resource indicator is $61 to $70 for an individual or $101 to $110 for a couple, and the current year's resource indicator is less than the previous year's resource indicator.

NOTE: Although a transaction may not require development according to the above tolerances, FO technicians may opt to develop a transaction if they deem it material to eligibility or payment amount.

EXAMPLE:

IRS information for tax year 2011 contained resource indicators totaling $75 (5B diary posted). The same individual’s IRS information for tax year 2012 contains resource indicators totaling $84. Since the difference between the two tax years' information is less than $10, and a 5B diary was set based on tax year 2011, no 5B diary is set based on the information for tax year 2012. If the resource indicators in tax year 2013 total $61 or more, the SSI System will establish an alert (5B diary) on the case.

Records which exceed the tolerances in SI 02310.045A.3, have a 5B diary posted to the Supplemental Security Record (SSR). We post IRS data to a database. The term “alerts” refers to printouts from the IRS database, see SM 02002.400.

Technicians may retrieve data overnight through RZ/LI listings in MI Central using the housed-under number (HUN). The database contains the most recent 2 years of IRS information. The same data may be retrieved immediately through SSTNG.