This little-known restricted application rule can significantly boost retirement income for surviving spouses.

In 2024, approximately 171 million American workers paid Social Security taxes, and nearly 72.9 million Americans received ...

It ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced or eliminated the Social ...

Social Security offers risk-free passive income for retirees. Delaying benefits, coordinating with a spouse, and minimizing ...

I am 63 and decided I want to go ahead and start drawing my Social Security retirement benefits.

There are a number of tough decisions you might face as retirement gets near. You may, for example, be torn over whether to ...

The first round of February’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age ...

If you and your spouse have a nice amount of money saved up, then you may decide that you'll each claim Social Security as soon as you're able to — meaning, at age 62. And if you're the same age, that ...

The time of year when you retire can significantly impact your taxes. Say you decide to retire on July 1. For the first six months of the year, your income will come from your job. From July on, you ...

Let’s not forget when you retire will have an impact on what it’ll take for you to comfortably take out $10,000 a month without running out of money. The average retirement can last decades, so the ...

More older workers report instances of ageism. Here's how you can stop age discrimination before it affects your career and retirement savings.

As of January 2025, the average monthly Social Security benefit was $1,976. That amounts to a little less than $24,000 a year ...