There was no benefit to delaying your application past your full retirement age. That means you’ve missed out on several ...

For example, someone who claims at age 61 could get 75% of the deceased’s benefit, compared to someone age 65 who could get ...

Like Social Security, survivor benefits amounts depend on a beneficiary's age. The benefit reaches 100% at full retirement ...

Spousal benefits can be up to half of what the primary earner would get at full retirement age, but the amount is reduced ...

Claiming standard benefits early will reduce your monthly benefit by 5/9 of 1% monthly, up to 36 months. With spousal ...

Q. I am 64 and recently widowed. I plan on working until age 70 before I apply for a Social Security benefit. I currently ...

We'll walk you through how surviving spouses might navigate different benefit types from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and use strategic timing to try to optimize what you receive. When ...

West Virginia is phasing out its tax on Social Security benefits. For 2025 returns (filed in 2026), 65% of benefits will be ...

Social Security checks are paid to more than 50 million Americans during retirement, and one new bill seeks to boost payments ...

A 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will take effect in December 2025 for SSI recipients and in January 2026 for ...

Shoring up Social Security for future generations is going to require some tough and (likely) unpopular decisions.

Social Security provides income to nearly 74 million people, with many relying on it for more than half of their total ...