Social Security Administration: Your Guide To Retirement Benefits

Feb 27, 2025 What about government pensions? Until recently, this list included eight items, but in December 2024, Congress repealed two Social Security rules—the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)—that reduced monthly benefit payments for millions of people who collect pensions from public-sector jobs. Oct 10, 2018 The Social Security Fairness Act also repealed the Government Pension Offset (GPO), a similar rule that affected about 750,000 people who collected Social Security spousal or survivor benefits and also received a pension from federal, state or local government jobs that did not withhold Social Security taxes. Sep 12, 2024 Social Security was conceived as a guaranteed retirement benefit for America’s workers, but it quickly grew to provide for their families as well. Four years after the program’s inception in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation extending benefits to deceased workers’ wives (it was 1939, after all), minor children and, in rare instances, aged. Sep 12, 2024 You can apply for retirement, spousal or disability benefits online, by phone at 800-772-1213 or in person at your local Social Security office. For survivor benefits, you can apply by phone or in person. For office visits, the Social Security Administration (SSA) strongly recommends calling ahead to make an appointment. Nov 1, 2024 Prior to Sept. 18, 2021, My Social Security sign-up was fully done within Social Security’s website, SSA.gov. Over the second half of 2024, the SSA is phasing out the old sign-ins to simplify account access and align with federal standards for authenticating users.

Nov 1, 2024 Prior to Sept. 18, 2021, My Social Security sign-up was fully done within Social Security’s website, SSA.gov. Over the second half of 2024, the SSA is phasing out the old sign-ins to simplify account access and align with federal standards for authenticating users. Jan 10, 2025 Some do obtain Social Security numbers under false pretenses, and payroll taxes are withheld from their wages even though they are not eligible to later collect benefits. Undocumented immigrants paid $25.7 billion into Social Security in 2022, according to a July 2024 report from the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Feb 20, 2025 The acting head of the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Feb. 19 sought to reassure older Americans that payments will continue as usual and that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff have limited access to its systems, amid growing concerns over service disruptions and the privacy of beneficiaries’ personal data. Oct 10, 2018 That’s the foundation the Social Security Administration uses to calculate your benefits, using a three-step process. First, Social Security adjusts your earnings for historical changes in U.S. wages, takes your 35 best-paid years and produces what it calls your average indexed monthly earnings (AIME).