Charge excess earnings to auxiliary or survivor benefits after adjusting the benefits for the maximum and after any other necessary adjustment as described in RS 02501.095.

If excess earnings are involved because of the work of two or more auxiliaries or survivors for the same month, charge each auxiliary's or survivor's excess earnings against their own benefit. If a deduction other than for the earnings test is present for a different beneficiary on the same ER for the same month see RS 02501.130.

Once an auxiliary's or survivor's excess earnings are charged to a month in an amount equal to their full-adjusted benefit, treat the beneficiary as not being on the benefit rolls in applying the maximum provisions to the other auxiliaries or survivors (on the same ER) not subject to deductions for that month. For information on deduction before reduction, see GN 02603.020.

If the amount of excess earnings charged to a month is less than the auxiliary's or survivor's full-adjusted benefit for that month, consider the beneficiary entitled to the partial benefit resulting from the charging. Reduce the maximum applicable to the other beneficiaries by the amount of the partial benefit due the beneficiary.

If an auxiliary or survivor is subject to vocational rehabilitation, foreign work test, or in-care deduction, consider the beneficiary not entitled to benefits for the month and readjust the benefit to any other beneficiary (on the same ER) under the maximum provisions. Use the new rate for the beneficiary subject to deduction under the annual earnings test (AET).

For all monthly benefits payable, impose deductions against beneficiaries without regard to the total payable to a household. Increase benefits to all other auxiliaries or survivors as applicable. The only relevance to households is that auxiliaries or survivors in other households can only receive the increase for a permanent deduction.

Consider the 1980 disability maximum (DMAX) as a family maximum for benefits payable.