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Social Security Drops Cell Phone Requirement
Let today’s post be a lesson in staying up to date with Social Security rules and regulations. Readers of last week’s post learned that...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Aug 16, 20161 min read
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Cell Phone Required to Access Social Security Account
As of July 30th, the Social Security Administration requires people to have a cell phone attached to their online Social Security account...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Aug 9, 20162 min read
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How to Fix 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®
Aug 2, 20162 min read
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Social Security Benefit Reduction For Claiming Early
Today we discuss the Social Security benefit reduction as a result of claiming your retirement benefit prior to your full retirement age...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jul 26, 20162 min read
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Proposed Changes to the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)
A few proposals for changes to Social Security seem to be gaining momentum. One of these is to change the Windfall Elimination Provision...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jul 19, 20163 min read
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Working After Retirement
Working prior to claiming Social Security (SS) Retirement Benefits in a job that participates in the SS system generally will increase...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jul 12, 20162 min read
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Yes Virginia, There Is File and Suspend
With the furor over Social Security changes from the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act many people have only a partial understanding of the...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jul 5, 20162 min read
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Underestimating Your Social Security Estimated Benefits
We’ve talked about it before, so hopefully you already know that you can  log on to the Social Security website to access your account. ...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jun 28, 20162 min read
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Social Security Claiming Options
Most people can first claim their Social Security retirement benefit at age 62, which is younger than the Full Retirement Age (FRA). The...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jun 21, 20161 min read
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When Will My Social Security Check Arrive?
Social Security Check OK… technically the Social Security Administration (SSA) doesn’t send checks out any more; they use electronic...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jun 14, 20162 min read
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Who Qualifies as a Spouse for Benefits?
Strangely enough, there are rules that determine who qualifies as a spouse for purposes of qualifying for Social Security Spousal...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jun 7, 20162 min read
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What is the Earnings Test?
Social Security was originally designed to replace a portion of your income after you retire. Yet for a variety of reasons many people...

Chris Stein, CFP®
May 31, 20162 min read
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Do the GPO or WEP Transfer to Survivors?
Question from this week deals with the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of Social...

Chris Stein, CFP®
May 24, 20162 min read
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Basics of the Representative Payee
For those people needing assistance managing their finances while receiving Social Security benefits the SSA has a program where another...

Chris Stein, CFP®
May 17, 20163 min read
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The Other Social Security Tax
Springtime always leads to lots of tax questions. Just ask your friendly, neighborhood tax accountant… Our practice is the same since...

Chris Stein, CFP®
May 10, 20162 min read
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When Is a Quarter Not a Quarter?
Today I bring you what turns out to be a bit of a tragic story. We had a reader contact us who had been denied Survivor Benefits, even...

Chris Stein, CFP®
May 3, 20162 min read
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Survivor vs Retirement Benefit – Which to Start First?
This week a reader who is eligible for both a Survivor benefit as well as their own Retirement benefit asked which one they should claim,...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Apr 26, 20163 min read
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Taxation of Social Security Benefits
In honor of Tax Day April 18th this year, we’re revisiting a topic we blogged about back in 2014: the taxation of Social Security...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Apr 19, 20162 min read
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Switching From Widow’s Benefits to Retirement Benefits
Once again this week we have a question from the public. This time it is regarding a transition from widow’s benefits to one’s own...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Apr 12, 20162 min read
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Social Security Filing Strategies for Spouses With a Large Age Difference
Another question has come in via email, and this time it involves Social Security filing strategies for spouses with a large age...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Apr 5, 20163 min read
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