Getting the Most out of Your Benefits
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The biggest decision to make when it comes to retirement is when to do it. Deciding when to file has the biggest impact on your monthly Social Security checks. Filing early means getting less each month, although that doesn’t mean that it is always the wrong decision to make. Many different factors should be taken in to consideration. Your current financial status and current health level as well as future outlooks are very important and impact when the optimal time to act on filing for Social Security is. What may be the right decision for you could be the wrong decision for someone else. It is very helpful to sit down and figure out how exactly filing at different stages changes your benefits in order to help decide when the right time for you to retire is. For more information on this, visit this article by Dustin Smith with Council Chronicle.