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Adjusted Gross Income includes your taxable wages, pensions, interest, dividends, other taxable income and tax-exempt income. If you have provisional income of less than $25,000 ($32,000 if you are married and filing a joint return, none of your Social Security benefits will be taxable. If your provisional income is between $25,000 and $34,000 ($32,000 and $44,000 if married and filing a joint return) up to 50% of your benefits may be taxable. If your provisional income is more than $34,000 ($44,000 if married and filing jointly) up t 85% of your Social Security benefits may be taxable.
You are only officially disabled if you are unable to perform substantial gainful work (SGA). However, Social Security usually permits you to earn up to about $1,090 a month ($1,820 if you are blind) before you will be considered to be performing substantial gainful work. But this income limit is not an absolute rule if you own your own business.