What Actually Affects Your Benefits
Social Security is not meant to replace your income in retirement, it is meant as a supplemental source to aide in financial stability when you are no longer working. Your main source of income in retirement should be from personal savings, IRAs, and 401(k)s. Many worry that having a sufficient income from their personal sources could negatively impact how much they receive in Social Security benefits. The good news is that there is no direct impact on how much you are paid by Social Security by how much you bring in from other sources of savings. However, there could be an indirect impact through taxes based off of your income. If you make over a certain amount, based off of how you filed, you could be eligible to pay taxes on your benefits. For more information on this, visit this article with The Motley Fool.