Key Points Many seniors are shocked to learn that Social Security benefits are taxable. Whether you’ll pay taxes on your ...

For many, retirement is the culmination of decades of hard work, aiming for financial security to enjoy this new life stage.

The majority of Social Security recipients do not pay state taxes on their retirement income. As it stands, only nine states ...

Retirement and disability funds face depletion in the next decade, with Congress urged to act to correct the looming ...

A program as popular and essential as Social Security tends to be talked about a lot — in social circles, on the internet, ...

Importantly, RET amounts generally increase each year to account for changes in national wage levels. The trustee estimate ...

Many current and future retirees have pretty serious concerns about the future of Social Security. Some studies suggest close ...

The longer you can wait to start taking your government retirement benefits, the bigger your monthly payments will be.

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The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today on the financial status of the programs. The ...

Social Security's largest trust fund may be depleted in 2034, one year earlier than estimated in 2024, and what had been ...

The SSA's trust fund is projected to deplete by 2034, a year earlier than expected, jeopardizing 70 million beneficiaries.