I am still getting a lot of calls from people who are being reassessed - some are grudge reports to CPP from ex spouses or crappy neighbours, but some are as a result of reported earnings.

Please, if you are trying to work - tell CPP this - it will avoid all of this hassle as well as perhaps avoid overpayments. There are allowable earnings provisions under the Canada Pension Plan and I will find information and post it on the blog - I may even contact a adjudicator in the reasessment department at CPP and see what she says people should do if they want to try to work - or they are working.

The point I am trying to get across is that the Feds will find out if you are working and you have not reported it to CPP.  There is some misconception out there that if you are on CPP you cannot work an hour - I was in Ottawa this weekend at the Council of Canadians with Disabiities meeting with representatives from the disability community from across the country and this came up - that you cannot work an hour and collect CPP - it just baffles me that there are is so much misinformation and rumour out there!

Anyhow, back to my point here - if you are working or if you want to work get in touch with me and I can give you some advice or directiion on how to proceed. If you have been reassessed the appeals are different - as I have said before the feds have to prove that you have the capacity to work - they cannot dispute their initial decision that you qualified for CPP, they can only argue that you have regained capacity - and unlike any other appeal to CPP, the onus or responsibility to establish you have regained capacity is theirs to meet. See what I mean - these appeals are not the usual run of the mill.

It is a fearful time for some people when CPP is reassessing your eligibility. Hang in there - and watch what you say and do to your ex spouses and neighbours!