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Timing Your First Benefits Check
The following question came in this week… “I understand the earnings test for those under FRA but my question has to do with the period...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 11, 20182 min read
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2019 COLA Changes
2019 COLA Changes Well, the wait is over for the 2019 announcement on the cost of living adjustment (COLA) to Social Security. Â Â I have...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 27, 20181 min read
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Happy Thanksgiving!
We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family and friends! We’ll be back next week with another Social Security blog...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 20, 20181 min read
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Overcoming Privacy Concerns With Divorced Spouse Benefits
As our long-time blog listeners/readers know, divorced spouses are entitled to receive benefits on their ex-spouse’s earnings if certain...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 13, 20183 min read
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Benefit Calculation Before Full Retirement Age
The following question arrived this week: “I turned 63 in September 2018. I stopped working at the end of 2017, and do not expect to have...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 6, 20182 min read
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Benefits Repayment After Withdrawing Your Application
I received the following question recently: “I need to repay my Social Security benefits after withdrawing my application. I filed in...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 30, 20181 min read
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Claiming Survivor Benefits
Reader question: “I am 58 years old and work full time. My spouse passed away in 2016 at the age of 51. I was told that at 60 I could...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 23, 20182 min read
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Receiving Benefits While Abroad
Reader question: “I will be in Romania for several years. If I open a bank account there, can my Social Security benefits be sent...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 17, 20181 min read
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Benefit Adjustments at Full Retirement Age
Reader question: “I will be 66 next July. I want to begin collecting Social Security in January, if possible. I believe that I can begin...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 9, 20182 min read
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Correcting Errors in Your Earnings Record
The Social Security Administration tracks hundreds of millions of records. Even with a very small error rate, the chance there is a...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 2, 20182 min read
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Timing of Earnings Test
Another great question from a reader this week: “Regarding earnings test, can you please clarify the timing and mechanics? I cannot...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 25, 20181 min read
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What Counts as Earnings
Question from reader: “In one of your post you write; ‘You are exposed to the Earnings Test that will reduce your benefit if you earn...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 18, 20181 min read
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Calculation of WEP
Question from reader: “I’ve been reading your blog and enjoy how far reaching on SSA it covers. That said I’m confused on one area and...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 11, 20181 min read
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Earnings Test and Spousal Benefits
We had a great question regarding the earnings test and spousal benefits from our email box this week: “I am 66 (FRA), the higher earner,...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 4, 20182 min read
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Spousal Benefits
From the email bag this week, we have a question regarding spousal benefits: “My year of birth is 1953. My wife’s is 1956. I want to file...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Aug 28, 20182 min read
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Student Loans and Social Security
Student loan debt is usually thought of as a younger person’s issue, but a new report suggests that older Americans are also facing the...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Aug 21, 20182 min read
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Converting Spousal Benefits to Survivor Benefits
This next question is something we have not really addressed directly before regarding spousal and survivor benefits, so I really...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Aug 14, 20182 min read
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Delayed Claiming and Retroactive Benefits
Another good question regarding delayed claiming and retroactive benefits has come in from our listeners this week: “I am over 70, and...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Aug 7, 20182 min read
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Survivor Benefit Claiming Age
We received the following question regarding survivor benefits this week: “I am currently 62, born in 1956.  My retirement benefit if I...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jul 31, 20182 min read
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Divorced Spouse Benefits
The following question regarding divorced spouse benefits came in from a reader this week: “My mother is about to turn 66 and is ready to...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jul 24, 20182 min read
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