Have you earned a worker retirement benefit? When you work and pay Social Security taxes, you earn “credits” toward Social Security benefits. You need 40 credits (the equivalent of 10 years
Although more and more women are in the workforce, many can receive a larger Social Security benefit based on their ex-spouse’s work record than they would on their own. The Social
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama, included the elimination of two Social Security benefit claiming strategies- commonly known as “File and
Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination are two provisions that may affect your Social Security benefit if you receive a pension from a government job where you did not pay Social
Under the law, a pension plan can subtract all or part of your Social Security benefit from your pension benefit, sometimes leaving little or no pension benefit in the end. This