Social Security Is Undergoing Key Changes in 2026. Here's Everything You Need to Know

The wage base limit increase means that more higher earners will be paying more in Social Security payroll taxes. For example ...

How Indexed Earnings Impact Your Social Security Payments

Indexed earnings are SSA calculations that adjust lifetime wages for inflation. Discover how they affect Social Security ...
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The WEP is Over: How It's Rise and Fall Affects Some Workers' Social Security Payments

One of those changes? The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which came to life roughly four decades ago (and subsequently ...
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The Less Obvious Reason You Shouldn't Claim Social Security Early

Filing ahead of full retirement age will reduce your monthly benefits. That may not be a problem for you, but it could be an issue for your surviving spouse. When you sit down to think about when to ...
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Are you getting a Social Security payment this week?

The third and final wave of Social Security payments for December is scheduled to be distributed this week, less than a month until the upcoming cost-of-living adjustment takes effect. Following the ...
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Here's the best age to take Social Security, based on simple math

For Americans of a certain age, there may be no bigger question than this. At what age should I take Social Security? At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy? The question matters, because your monthly Social ...