---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.146"
title: "20"
number: "404.146"
heading: "When a calendar quarter cannot be a quarter of coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.146"
---

# §404.146. When a calendar quarter cannot be a quarter of coverage.


This section applies when we credit you with quarters of coverage (QCs) under [§ 404.141](/cfr/20/404.141.md) for calendar years before 1978 and under [§ 404.143](/cfr/20/404.143.md) for calendar years after 1977. We cannot credit you with a QC for—

- (a) A calendar quarter that has not begun;
- (b) A calendar quarter that begins after the quarter of your death;
- (c) A calendar quarter that has already been counted as a QC; or
- (d) **A calendar quarter that is included in a period of disability established for you, unless—**
  - (1) The quarter is the first or the last quarter of this period; or
  - (2) The period of disability is not taken into consideration (see [§ 404.320(a)](/cfr/20/404.320.md?p=a)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 205(a), 212, 213, 214, 216, 217, 223, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(a), 412, 413, 414, 416, 417, 423, and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 25384, Apr. 15, 1980, unless otherwise noted.