---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.722"
title: "20"
number: "416.722"
heading: "Circumstances under which we make a penalty deduction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.722"
---

# §416.722. Circumstances under which we make a penalty deduction.


A penalty deduction is made from your benefits if—

- (a) You fail to make a required report on time (see §§ [416.708](/cfr/20/416.708.md) and [416.714](/cfr/20/416.714.md));
- (b) We must reduce, suspend, or terminate your benefits because of the event you have not reported;
- (c) You received and accepted an SSI benefit for the penalty period (see [§§ 416.724 through 416.728](/cfr/20/416.724..416.728.md) for penalty period definitions); and
- (d) You do not have good cause for not reporting on time (see [§ 416.732](/cfr/20/416.732.md)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1320a-8a, 1320e-3, 1382, 1382a, 1382b, 1382c, and 1383; sec. 211, Pub. L. 93-66, 87 Stat. 154 (42 U.S.C. 1382 note); sec. 202, Pub. L. 108-203, 118 Stat. 509 (42 U.S.C. 902 note).

### Source

Source: 46 FR 5873, Jan. 21, 1981, unless otherwise noted.