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Social Security Changes How Overpayments are Handled

The Social Security Administration announced a change to how overpayments are handled.

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Before You Claim Social Security, What’s Your Income Plan?

If you’ll have multiple income streams in retirement, you’ll need to coordinate everything so you don’t end up paying taxes on your Social Security benefits.

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Social Security Board Nominee Grilled Over Views on Program Reforms

Candidate questioned on Social Security privatization, raising retirement age and benefit cuts during Senate hearing.

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Martin O'Malley: What to Know About Social Security's New Commissioner

Martin O'Malley gets Senate nod to lead the Social Security Administration.

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Social Security On Monthly 'Watch' Till Overpayment Issue Is Fixed

The Social Security Administration must meet with a Senate panel monthly until the agency's $23 billion overpayment issue is resolved.

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Millennial Money: What the 2024 Social Security COLA could mean for your retirement

The Social Security Administration adjusts its benefits payments each year to reflect changes in the cost of living

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Social Security Overpayment Problem Swells to $23 Billion

The Social Security Administration will now have to try and recoup $23 billion in overpayments.

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What is this year’s Social Security cost of living increase?

In September 2023, 58.2 million Americans received Social Security retirement benefits. Those benefits will increase 3.2% in 2024.

USAFacts

Ticket to Work Program: What Is It and How Does It Work?

This Social Security Administration program is underused and underpromoted, yet hundreds of thousands of American workers could access its benefits.

Kiplinger

Obscure law contains debt limit escape hatch for Social Security

WASHINGTON — It’s a time-worn argument for raising the debt limit: Without increased borrowing authority, Social Security checks would stop flowing.

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Obscure law contains debt limit escape hatch for Social Security - Roll Call

It’s a time-worn argument for raising the debt limit: Without increased borrowing authority, Social Security checks would stop flowing.

Roll Call

Liz Weston: ‘Bridge’ your way to Social Security

Delaying the start of Social Security retirement benefits can dramatically increase your monthly benefit and your lifetime income

The Independent UK

Former clients of Eric C. Conn have the opportunity to get SSA benefits back

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Michael Hiltzik: The omnibus bill will help you save for retirement, though Wall Street will get its cut

The average American's path to retirement security has long been a steep uphill climb. The omnibus spending bill President Biden signed on Dec. 29 will make the journey easier.

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Man cashed his dead mum's social security cheques for 26 yrs in US

A Missouri man pleaded guilty this week to stealing his dead mother’s Social Security payments for more than a quarter century, accumulating nearly US$200,000 in the process, federal prosecutors said.

Tribune News Service

Social Security benefits in 2023: 5 big changes retirees should plan for

Inflation has been sky-high over the last year, so it’s a good thing that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is boosting its cost of living adjustment (COLA) for benefit checks in 2023. It’s just one of many changes announced by Social Security recently.

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People with long COVID face barriers to government disability benefits

When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with COVID-19 in spring 2020, she didn’t anticipate that the virus would knock her out of work for two years and put her family at risk for eviction.

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COUNTERPOINT: No to eliminating (or raising) the Social Security Tax

I oppose the proposed elimination in 2023 of the $160,200 cap on earnings subject to the payroll tax rate of 12.4 percent paid to Social Security.

The Independent UK

Social Security now allows individuals to self-select gender

Individuals will be allowed to make sure their records with the Social Security Administration align with their gender identity under a plan announced Wednesday

Chicago Sun-Times

Standard deductions, tax brackets rise due to inflation

The IRS is increasing standard deductions for 2023 and tax brackets will be revised upward because of inflation.

The Independent UK

IRS ups standard deductions, tax brackets due to inflation

Taxpayers will get fatter standard deductions for 2023 and all seven federal income tax bracket levels will be revised upward as the government allows people to shield more of their money from taxation because of persistently high inflation

Chicago Sun-Times

Social Security benefits to jump by 8.7% next year

The Social Security Administration said the estimated average monthly Social Security benefit for all retired workers will be $1,827 starting in January.

Roll Call

Social Security benefits to see biggest boost in four decades - Roll Call

Tens of millions of retirees and disabled workers will see benefits rise by 8.7 percent in 2023, the Social Security Administration reported.

Salon

Disability program riddled with problems

The federal Social Securities Income program is leaving many without monetary aid that matches inflation costs

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