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Letter to the Editor: Social Security i...
Published:Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:45:53 GMT
I would like to express my feelings on the Social Security people not getting a cost of living increase this year. I dont think its right, because prices went up, not down.......
Social Security struggles (Bowling Gree...
Published:Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:33:04 GMT
As Depression era children, Howard and Pat Kisling thought the worst of economic times was permanently past America. But the Kislings, like many older people who rely on Social Se......
Social Security and Disability Consults...
Published:Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:06:37 GMT
Attorneys from Sternberg, Newman, Shifrin Inc. provide consults and information regarding Social Security. Jan. 13, 5-7 p.m.; free, call for appointment Stewart’s Caring Place (......
No cost-of-living increase for Social S...
Published:Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:27:24 GMT
There was no cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for 2010, making it the first time that benefits have not been increased each year since the cost-of-living adjust......
Social security net mooted for Indian w...
Published:Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:07:23 GMT
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the government is planning a social security net for the global economic crisis-hit workers returning to India. He said security of ov......
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Social Security Benefits

Social Security Benefits

Know how to maximize your Social Security benefits. Most people are able to collect their Social Security benefits when they reach the age of 62, but it is important for you to know that your benefits increase each year they are not taken until you reach age 70. The amount of your Social Security benefits are determined by the history of your earnings during your lifetime. Outside earnings may reduce your Social Security benefits until your reach your Full Retirement Age (FRA). The FRA varies and it is age 65 for those born before 1938 and increasing to age 67 for those born in 1960 and later.

In order to be eligible for retirement benefits you will need to have worked for at least 10 years or 40 quarters of credit. You are able to delay recieving your Social Security benefits unitl age 70 and you will receive Delayed Retirement Credits (DRCs) for doing that. Depending on your age, your monthly benefit will increase by 6.5 to 8 percent per year for each year that your Social Security benefits are deffered unitl age 70.

Most Social Security retirement benefits are tax free. Although some people with higher incomes must include up to 85 percent of their Social Security benefits in their taxable incomes.


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