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What’s Up With Your Social Security Number?
Prior to June, 2011 Social Security numbers were assigned based on your physical location, or more specifically based on the zip code for...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Mar 7, 20172 min read


Income Subject to Social Security Taxes
I ran across an interesting statistic recently that describes one reason why funding for the Social Security (SS) system is deteriorating...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Feb 28, 20172 min read


A Case For Claiming Social Security 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®
Feb 21, 20173 min read


Quarters vs Credits
To qualify for Social Security benefits you have to accumulate a certain number of credits… or is it quarters? The methods on how to...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Feb 14, 20173 min read


Social Security Timeline
Most people know they are eligible for Social Security retirement benefits when they reach age 62, but there is a whole Social Security...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Feb 7, 20173 min read


Social Security Spousal Benefits
Conditions for Claiming Spousal Benefits Social Security Spousal Benefits are an integral element of many Social Security claiming...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 31, 20172 min read


Paper Statements Going Away… Again
Back in 2011 the Social Security Administration suspended the mailing of paper statements to most people and started giving people online...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 24, 20172 min read


Transitioning 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®
Jan 17, 20172 min read


Questions on the Earnings Test
This week we received the following multi-part question from a blog reader/listener about how the Social Security Administration (SSA)...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 10, 20173 min read


Five Changes to Social Security for 2017
Every year the Social Security Administration updates many key figures within their system. With the New Year starting, now is a good...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 3, 20172 min read


Happy Holidays!
We’re taking this week off to spend time with family and friends. We hope you are having a wonderful holiday and we’ll be back after...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 27, 20161 min read


Social Security Reform Act of 2016
This December (2016), representative Johnson from Texas has proposed a bill entitled the “Social Security Reform Act of 2016” that...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 20, 20165 min read


Under Construction
We wanted to post a summary of the Social Security Reform Act of 2016 as proposed by Congressman Johnson from Texas. Unfortunately, that...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 14, 20161 min read


Social Security Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronyms and abbreviations are popular with governmental agencies, but they can sure make things confusing for the rest of us! This week...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 7, 20162 min read


Social Security Timeline
Most people know they are eligible for Social Security retirement benefits when they reach age 62, but there is a whole Social Security...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 29, 20163 min read


Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! We’ll be back next week with more Social Security information for you.

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 22, 20161 min read


Withdrawing Your Social Security Application
In the past we have mentioned how important it is to fully consider all the ramifications of your choice of when to file for Social...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 15, 20162 min read


What’s a Computational Year?
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®
Nov 8, 20163 min read


Caution – Health Savings Accounts and Social Security
We have blogged many times about different situations where filing for benefits while still working may be advantageous. Or other times...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 1, 20162 min read


Social Security Changes for 2017
The headlines recently have been focusing on the miniscule COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) that the Social Security Administration has...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 25, 20162 min read
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