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About Social Security Retirement Benefits

    • Social Security Retirement Benefits
    • Social Security Retirement Benefits | SSA Publication No. 05-10035
    • Learn About Social Insurance | National Academy of Social Insurance

Claiming Your Benefits

    • When to Start Receiving Retirement Benefits | SSA Publication No. 05-10147
    • The Social Security Claiming Guide | Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
    • Delayed Retirement Credits
    • Other Things To Consider | SSA.gov

How to Apply For Benefits

    • Apply Online for Social Security Benefits | SSA Publication No. 05-10032
    • Social Security Forms
    • What You Need to Know When You Get Retirement or Survivors Benefits | SSA Publication No. 05-10077
    • A Guide for Representative Payees | SSA Publication No. 05-10076
    • Overpayments | SSA Publication No. 05-10098
    • What You Can Do Online | SSA Publication No. 05-10121

Taxation of Your Benefits

    • Social Security and Equivalent Railroad Retirement Benefits | IRS Publication 915
    • Tax Guide for Seniors | IRS Publication 554
    • Social Security: Calculation and History of Taxing Benefits | Congressional Research Service
    • Federal-State Reference Guide | IRS Publication 963

Coordinating Spousal Benefits

    • Benefits for Your Souse
    • Benefits for Your Divorced Spouse

Survivor Benefits

    • Survivors Benefits | SSA Publication No. 05-10084
    • How Social Security Can Help You When a Family Member Dies | SSA Publication No. 05-10008

Dependent Benefits

    • Benefits for Children | SSA Publication No. 05-10085
    • Benefits for Children With Disabilities | SSA Publication No. 05-10026

Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs)

    • COLA Overview
    • Latest COLA
    • Historical COLAs since 1975
    • COLA Estimates by Social Security Trustees

Women and Social Security

    • What Every Woman Should Know | SSA Publication No. 05-101127
    • Women and Social Security | American Academy of Actuaries Issue Brief
    • Social Security: Why Boomer Women Need More by Heidi Hartman, excerpted from Baby Boomer Women: Secure Futures or Not?

Special Situations

    • If You Are Self-Employed | SSA Publication No. 05-10022
    • How State and Local Government Employees are Covered By Social Security and Medicare | SSA Publication No. 05-10051
    • If You Work For a Non-Profit Organization | SSA Publication No. 05-10027
    • Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) | SSA Publication No. 05-10045
    • Government Pension Offset (GPO) | SSA Publication No. 05-10007
    • How International Agreements Can Help You | SSA Publication No. 05-10180
    • Military Service and Social Security | SSA Publication No. 05-10017
    • Special Payments After Retirement | SSA Publication No. 05-10063
    • Your Payments While You Are Outside the United States | SSA Publication No. 05-10137
    • Social Security International Program

Medicare

    • Medicare | SSA Publication No. 05-10043
    • Medicare Resources
    • Medicare.gov | Eligibility & Premium Calculator
    • CMS.gov | Medicare Trustees Report
    • Medicare Rights Center

Taxes

    • Internal Revenue Service

Calculators & Tools

    • Smart Bond Investing Accrued Interest Calculator
    • Retirement Calculator
    • College Savings Calculator
    • Loan Calculator
    • Savings Calculator
    • 401(k) and IRA Minimum Required Distribution Calculator
    • Month-by-month Spending Plan excel spreadsheet

       

News

    • The Wall Street Journal
    • New York Times
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