Important Social Security numbers to know if you plan on working while claiming benefits in 2026

The Social Security earnings test applies to individuals who are working and claiming benefits while under their full ...

When can Social Security beneficiaries expect their January 2026 payments?

Tens of millions of Social Security and Supplemental Security beneficiaries will soon receive their first, slightly larger ...

Social Security to Change in January: 4 Updates to Be Aware Of

Changes will influence monthly benefits, payroll taxes, and how much income retirees can earn without reducing their payments ...

When Are January 2026 Social Security Payments Coming?

As January 1 is a federal holiday, SSI recipients are scheduled to receive their January 2026 payment a day early—on December ...

You Have Less Than a Month to Prepare for These 2026 Social Security Changes

The earnings-test limit is higher for people reaching full retirement age within the calendar year. In 2025, the higher limit ...

Social Security payments January 2026 — When will your payment arrive and how much is the COLA-adjusted stimulus check you will get?

Social Security payments will rise in January 2026 as the new 2.8% COLA increase takes effect. This adjustment is designed to ...

Delaying Social Security until 70 can boost monthly payouts, but only a small share of Americans do it. Here’s why waiting too long could backfire

Delaying Social Security benefits until 70 is often touted as a strategy to maximize lifetime income. However, this path ...
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Change in Social Security could change survivor benefits, we tell you what they are about

A new bill in Congress, the SWIFT Act, aims to increase Social Security survivor benefits for widows, widowers, and surviving ...

Social Security Benefits Get a Cost-of-Living Adjustment in 2026 -- but How Well Will it Hold Up?

Social Security COLAs have a history of disappointing seniors due to a flaw in the way they're calculated. Millions of ...

Stretch that check! Three little-known tricks could make your 2026 Social Security go further

Millions of retirees will receive a 2.8% COLA increase in 2026, lifting the average monthly Social Security check to about $2 ...
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Dems propose a temporary Social Security boost to relieve inflation

A new poll finds Americans struggling with affordability pressures that are squeezing everything from their everyday ...

Centrelink cash boost: Social security payments to increase for more than a million Australians

More than a million Australians will receive a boost to their Centrelink payments in the new year. Youth Allowance, Austudy, ...