[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR404.143]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 404_FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950	 )
--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Insured Status and Quarters of Coverage
 
Sec. 404.143  How we credit quarters of coverage for calendar years after 
1977.

    (a) Crediting quarters of coverage (QCs). For calendar years after 
1977, we credit you with a QC for each part of the total wages paid and 
self-employment income credited (under Sec. 404.144) to you in a 
calendar year that equals the amount required for a QC in that year. For 
example, if the total of your wages and self-employment income for a 
calendar year is more than twice, but less than 3 times, the amount 
required for a QC in that year, we credit you with only 2 QCs for the 
year. The rules for crediting QCs in this section are subject to the 
limitations in Sec. 404.146, which tells when a calendar quarter cannot 
be a QC. In addition, we cannot credit you with more than four QCs for 
any calendar year. The amount of wages and self-employment income that 
you must have for each QC is--
    (1) $250 for calendar year 1978; and
    (2) For each calendar year after 1978, an amount determined by the 
Commissioner for that year (on the basis of a formula in section 
213(d)(2) of the Act which reflects national increases in average 
wages). The amount determined by the Commissioner is published in the 
Federal Register on or before November 1 of the preceding year and 
included in the appendix to this subpart.
    (b) Assigning QCs. We assign a QC credited under paragraph (a) of 
this section to a specific calendar quarter in the calendar year only if 
the assignment is necessary to--
    (1) Give you fully or currently insured status;
    (2) Entitle you to a computation or recomputation of your primary 
insurance amount; or
    (3) Permit you to establish a period of disability.

[45 FR 25834, Apr. 15, 1980, as amended at 62 FR 38450, July 18, 1997]