Your Social Security earnings record directly impacts your future benefits. Mistakes can lower your payments, so it’s important to check for errors and fix them promptly.

This is how your income affects the taxes you pay on Social Security benefits based on federal rules and income thresholds set by the IRS.

Later-in-life marriages can invite financial complications. Here's what couples should talk about when it comes to money, assets, benefits, insurance and more before tying the knot (again).

A new $6,000 tax break for Americans aged 65-plus could offer relief, but some may see little benefit. Here’s who will ...

A new bipartisan proposal aims to prevent drastic cuts to retirement benefits by overhauling how Social Security is funded.

Bill Cassidy's proposal would establish a new fund to ensure the Social Security Administration doesn't reach its insolvency date.

Choosing the right Medicare coverage, deciding whether to buy a long-term-care insurance policy and determining when to claim ...

In social networks and online publications, the claim has circulated that Social Security beneficiaries could receive a ...

Retirees may see an approximate 77% increase to their Social Security benefits by waiting from age 62 to age 70 to claim ...

If you can keep working while looking after your health, do it. You get 100% of your Social Security benefit at full retirement age, which is 67 for anyone born in 1960 or after, and you receive a ...

After a certain age, holders of retirement accounts such as Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are required to start making mandatory withdrawals, known as Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs).

One of the most important pieces of Social Security retirement benefits is the annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA.