The chart included in the statement shows your projected monthly retirement benefit amount from ages 62 through age 70. "The blue bar form is a welcome addition for workers who need information to help them make good choices about their benefits," said David Freitag, a financial planning consult...
Social Security/Medicare Social Security Fairness Act Faces Long Delay Before Sending Out Adjusted Benefits By Mary Helen GillespieJan 30, 2025 3:00 PM EST Your Money Is It Time to Exchange Your Annuity? By Retirement Daily Guest Contributor ...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced earlier this month that benefits are set to rise by 8.7% in 2023, the biggest bump since 1981, when recipients saw an 11.2% jump. It will increase the average monthly benefit by about $146 to $1,827 in 2023 from $1,681...
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, could be 2.5% next year, Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare analyst, predicted last month. With that change, the average retired workers' benefit of $1,920 would rise by $48 per month, according to Johnson...
In a statement, the Social Security Administration told us "our payment accuracy rates are high," yet "even small error rates add up to substantial improper payment amounts." The agency said it's "required by law" to recover this money…and added that overpaymen...
The Social Security Fairness Act overwhelmingly passed the House in early December and on December 18 cleared a key Senate procedural vote by 73 to 27. …half a century ago, Congress realized that Social Security benefit windfalls for public sector employees were costly, unnecessary and unmerited....
The roughly 70 million people who receive Social Security payments will soon learn how much they'll receive in their 2025 benefit checks, with the program's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to be announced within days. Each fall, the Social Security Administration sets its annual COLA ...
to the office, including applying for benefits and updating your direct deposit information. You can also view yourSocial Security statement, which includes a personalized estimate of your future Social Security benefit at nine different potential claiming ages, by creating a my Social Security account...
For example, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries will receive a 2.5% COLA in 2025. They received a 3.2% COLA in 2024, 8.7% in 2023, and 5.9% in 2022.11 PIA determines the monthly Social Security benefit that will be received in the first year of benefit...
One-half of your Social Security benefits.This is the amount listed on Form SSA-1099, Social Security Benefit Statement,which is sent to you by the SSA by the end of January following the year in which benefits were paid. For income tax purposes, the benefits are the gross amount listed ...