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Some people must pay taxes on part of their Social Security benefits. Others find that their benefits aren’t taxable. If you get Social Security, the IRS can help you determine if some of your benefits are taxable. Here are five tips about how Social Security affects your taxes: ...
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Timing your Social Security benefitsThe article discusses when couples should file for U.S. Social Security benefits to maximize the payouts they receive. To get more money long-term, the article recommends delaying signing up f...
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In 2017, I narrowed my area of practice to representing individuals before the Social Security Administration, the United States District Court, and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, helping them prove and obtain their disability benefits. In 2023, I took on estate planning in order to bet...
Boost your retirement income.You’re probably aware of Social Security spousal benefits, which essentially allow you to receive up to half of your spouse’s retirement benefit (assuming that works out to more than your own benefit). But did you know you
1. How Benefits Are Calculated Benefits are based on your lifetime earnings. Your actual earnings are adjusted or “indexed” to account for changes in average wages since the year the earnings were received. Then Social Security calculates your average indexed monthly earnings during the 35 years...
Social Security benefits are evaluated each year. That is, the Social Security Administration reviews benefits each year for the previous year’s income. If the latest year is one of your highest-earning years, your benefit is recalculated to reflect the increased benefit due—which is retroactive...
While you can't change the size of your Social Security check, you are eligible for annualcost-of-living adjustments (COLAs)that the Social Security Administration gives beneficiaries each year to maintain their buying power. Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)benefits will increase...