Split 7th Circuit Upholds Social Security Reduction For Dual Citizens Class

(October 9, 2020, 11:41 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Work performed in Canada on which no Social Security taxes are paid is not “employment” as defined in Section 410(a)(C) of the Social Security Act, and the totalization agreement between the United States and Canada doesn’t affect the application of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) to Social Security benefits being collected by a class of dual citizens who are also receiving benefits under equivalent Canadian plans, a split Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Oct. 5 (Lorraine Beeler, et al. v. Andrew M. Saul, et al., No. 19-2099, 7th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 31614)....

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