Social Security

If you are able to continue working while receiving Social Security benefits, you can increase your overall benefit. In addition, although your benefits may be reduced due to your work, you can recoup those lost benefits.

While collecting Social Security benefits may seem straightforward, there are actually several strategies for collecting benefits -- especially if you are married -- that can increase your retirement benefits.

Figuring out when to start taking Social Security benefits shouldn't require a degree in economics, but the complicated rules mean many Americans are not getting all the benefits they are entitled to.

The executor, administrator, or next-of-kin should notify the SSA by calling the 800 number for the state in which the deceased resided.

Elderlaw 101

Many people do not realize that they may need to pay income taxes on their Social Security benefits.

Do you have a friend or loved one who receives Social Security and is unable to manage her payments? If so, you can request that the Social Security Administration (SSA), the government agency that disburses Social Security, name you as...

One little-known Social Security retirement benefits rule is the so-called “do-over rule.” ...

Have you been officially asked to manage someone else's money?  Four new guides help people who have been given the important responsibility of managing money or property for someone else. ...

It is common knowledge that husbands and wives are entitled to collect Social Security benefits on their spouses' work records.