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Avoiding Surprises at Tax Time
We’re near the closing bell for this year, but for those who’ve been hit unexpectedly with the Federal Income Tax burden on their Social Security benefits, it’s a good idea to understand for subsequent years how that process works. It’s even…
Social Secure Reform: the Need is Clear, the Approach is Not
While it’s an absolute pleasure to see the amount of attention focused in the 116th Congress on dealing with Social Security’s long-term solvency issue, it remains disheartening to also see the absence of clear bipartisanship and what appear to be…
The Paid Family Leave Debate: The Freedom for Families Act
As the debate on approaches to resolving the paid family leave issue for families birthing or adopting continues, several House Republicans have developed proposals for addressing the issue. One such proposal introduces the possibility of using Health Savings Accounts as a…
Economic Security for New Parents Act (S.920)
The family-leave debate is heating up once again in Washington, with several bills recently put in play with an objective of creating a uniform national standard mandate for paid maternity leave. One such bill, S.920 (Economic Security for New Parents Act)…
Echoing a Common Social Security Myth
Visitors to our Social Security Report site may recall that our editorial staff has on several occasions issued explanations intended to clarify a major misunderstanding about Social Security’s financial plight. As we’ve reported, the program’s financial problems now being debated in…
Social Security’s Looming Insolvency – Blessing or Curse?
Imagine how relieved you would feel after your doctor said, “I’ve got some bad news for you. You are healthy now, but you will die one day.” You’d actually be relieved he didn’t give you six to twelve months to…
A public employer pension might mean a lower Social Security benefit
In this article by noted author and financial advisor Phil Moeller, he tackles a question from a reader who retired from the Massachusetts school teacher system, but has also worked enough outside that system to have earned Social Security benefits.…
SS expert answers a dozen questions
Tom Margenau is a retired Social Security employee who writes frequent articles about all things Social Security. Though he typically writes on one specific topic in each article, in this one he challenged himself to answer a dozen questions in the limited…
Social Security’s Top Online Service Websites
The Social Security Administration is making great strides in its efforts to get information and capability quickly and easily available to beneficiaries and future beneficiaries. In today’s online connected world, Social Security offers a plethora of online services and capabilities which have…
How Social Security Benefits Are Reduced
Most people fundamentally understand that if Social Security benefits are taken early they are reduced, and that is true not only for Social Security retirement benefits but also for spousal benefits and survivor’s benefits. But considerably fewer people understand exactly…