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Originally Posted by jojo
I read with interest the thread about IRMAA only to find myself in an IRMAA predicament. Wondering if anyone else has experienced a problem with SSA that I shall describe. We file our taxes jointly. This week the Social Security Adm. (SSA) letter arrived with benefits and IRMAA calculations. Mine appeared accurate, based on our 2022 return. My husband’s letter, though indicated his IRMAA was calculated on the 2021 tax year whereas mine was calculated on 2022. I immediately called SSA (over 80-minute wait) only to encounter a surly woman who told me it wasn’t their fault, that IRS had sent the wrong data. She said to file Form 44 which is only intended for a change of life event. I called the Leesburg field office and was told to do the same thing. I filled out the form as best I could and sent it with copies of the tax return and the correct IRMAA info for me to the Leesburg field office.
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I too had a problem with SSA and IRMAA. I am 65 and my husband and I file jointly. When I started getting Social Security the SSA had me paying $64.00 more for my medical benefits. I was told to submit the SS-44 form. My husband retired in 2021 and Social security was using his gross pay to calculate my Medicare payment. After 3 trips to Leesburg trying to get my payment down I received a call from a manager at Leesburg SS office stating that my due diligence had paid off. Someone with intelligence looked at the SS-44 form and recalculated my Medicare payment and they removed the $64.00. Oh yeah, send our congressman a complaint with the SSA and he will get the ball rolling on fixing your problem with SSA. Good luck. The congressman helped solve my problem.