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New Social Security Changes Cost Middle Class Couple $21000
Again this week we have evidence of the negative effects of the new Social Security Changes. The proponents of these changes argue that...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 5, 20163 min read


No COLA for 2016
On October 15, 2015 the Social Security Administration officially announced the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2016 to be ZERO.*...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 29, 20152 min read


Seasons Greetings!
We hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday! We’re taking the week off, but will be back next week with more important Social...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 22, 20151 min read


A Case For Claiming Social Security Benefits Early
So many Social Security claiming recommendations on our blog and elsewhere in the press involve reasons to delay claiming, we wanted to...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 16, 20153 min read


Questions On the Changes to Social Security
As word gets out about the changes to Social Security implemented in early November, we are starting to get a substantial number of...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 8, 20153 min read


Rethinking Survivor Benefits
Surviving spouses, and ex-spouses that were married at least 10 years, are eligible to receive 100% of the amount their deceased spouse...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 1, 20153 min read


Happy Thanksgiving!
We’re taking this week off to spend with family and friends. We’ll be back next week with a new blog post for you. We hope you have a...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 24, 20151 min read


New Social Security Rules Cost Divorcee $48,000
We have had our first live case of a person approaching retirement who is significantly harmed by the new Social Security rules we have...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 17, 20153 min read


Divorce Rate to Increase
While most of us in the retirement planning arena are still digesting the full impact of the significant Social Security rule changes...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 10, 20153 min read


Disappearing Social Security Strategies
I guess it was appropriate that this last weekend was Halloween since something very spooky happened with Social Security. Buried inside...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 3, 20152 min read


Zero COLA for 2016
In a blog post a month ago, we discussed the possibility of no Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) for Social Security benefits in 2016 and...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 21, 20152 min read


Military Pensions and Social Security
A blog reader recently asked us if their military pension earned from active duty in the 1990s and early 2000s would affect their Social...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 14, 20152 min read


Calculating Your Primary Insurance Amount
We’ve talked about this before, but when it comes to Social Security, your Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) is the most important number...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 7, 20152 min read


Spousal Benefit vs Your Own Earned Benefit
A divorced woman trying to decide between taking her own Social Security retirement benefit or the spousal benefit for which she is...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 30, 20152 min read


Glitch in COLA Haunts Retirees
We recently received an email question that asked us if it is true that people born in 1947 receive lower Social Security retirement...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 23, 20153 min read


Social Security COLA and Medicare Premiums
The fact that Medicare premiums are affected by Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLAs) is a little known “side-effect” to a...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 16, 20153 min read


Getting a New Social Security Card
Everyone who has recently gotten a new job knows that part of the hiring process involves digging up that Social Security card you may...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 9, 20152 min read


Taxes On Lump-Sum Social Security Benefits
Sometimes Social Security benefits are paid in one lump sum, with two examples being Retroactive Benefits and Suspended Benefits. We...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 2, 20153 min read


Social Security Disability Benefits to Retirement Benefits
The following multi-part question came in recently: “I am on SS disability benefits now. Next year I reach my full retirement age of...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Aug 26, 20152 min read


Elapsed vs Computational Years
We received a question asking us to clarify how the 40 Elapsed and 35 Computational Years work when Social Security calculates your...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Aug 12, 20153 min read
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