On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-273), to repeal ...

One of those changes? The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which came to life roughly four decades ago (and subsequently ...

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates WEP and GPO rules, increasing benefits for some retirees. Here's who qualifies ...

Social Security and Medicare trust funds, which help pay benefits, are projected to run dry. What will happen then?

A civil engineer earning $176,100 in 2025 per year looks the same as Elon Musk in the eyes of the Social Security system.

Here are just a few other Kennedy gems from the book: • “If you trust government, you obviously failed history class.” • “I believe that our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by ...

Just a year ago, former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown was moving out of his Senate office and helping his former staff members find ...

But rather than put money away for a looming rainy day that was inevitable when the federal money dries up, led by Gov. Chris ...

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

If you receive Social Security benefits, keep in mind that you likely need to pay taxes on that money. Like many parts of the tax code, it can be complicated to figure out whether – and how much – you ...

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