A reader who lives in Spain has some questions about the Social Security benefits she has earned if she were to switch citizenship.

A reader has a Social Security question regarding excess contributions made to Social Security.

I received the following question: My wife and I have full legal and physical custody of our granddaughter. She is 16 months old and my w...

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 th...

We received the following question recently regarding the 10-year rule and divorced spouse benefits: “My Mother is 62 and wants to file f...

WEP, the Windfall Elimination Provision, affects people who worked in a Social Security exempt, government or non-profit job and who also...

Back in May, 2014 I blogged on how the Earnings Test can reduce your benefits if you are receiving benefits prior to your Full Retirement...

So many Social Security claiming recommendations on our blog and elsewhere in the press involve reasons to delay claiming, we wanted to o...

The following multi-part question came in recently: “I am on SS disability benefits now.  Next year I reach my full retirement age of 66....

Effective May 19th, 2015 it is possible for some people to be eligible for the same Social Security benefits as spouses, even though they...

We have blogged many times about different situations where filing for benefits while still working may be advantageous.  Or other times ...

A little issue has come to our attention with regard to the way Social Security offices process your application for benefits once you re...

We have spoken several times about the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of Social Security.  Regular visitors to the blog will unders...

After listening to our discussion of Suspending Benefits we had a reader/listener contact us with a hypothetical question.  To set up thi...

Have you ever wondered about Social Security representatives and the information they provide? Sometimes it helps if you know the rules b...

Long-time readers of our blog probably know if you retire before your Full Retirement Age (FRA), which for most people today is sometime ...

Prior to 1983, Social Security Benefits were expressly excluded from federal income taxation under Treasury Department Tax Rulings.  This...

Social Security was originally designed to replace a portion of your income after you retire.  Yet for a variety of reasons many people f...

In last week’s blog post, we discussed the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which will affect the amount of an individual’s Social S...

Little known to most people, a number of American workers don’t pay into the Social Security system.  Instead, these workers, who are mos...