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When making your Social Security claiming choice, delaying your claim could do more than just increase your monthly benefit.

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Retirees must wait another five and a half weeks (give or take a few days) for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to ...

Up to 85% of your Social Security benefits may be taxed, but a new "senior deduction" can cut taxes—unless your income is too ...

Determining how Social Security will impact your future finances is an important component of retirement preparation, and Gregory Ricks& Associates encourages individuals to stay informed of their ...

If he lives beyond that age, he will earn more money from Social Security, and it will be better for him to have waited. By starting to collect at 66 and 10 months, he will get $2,650 a month or ...

Losing a spouse young is devastating. Amid the grief is an urgent financial question: what happens to your Social Security?

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Widows and widowers need to talk to a human being and get the kind of help personalized to their own situation.