Social Security benefits are not taxed in most states, but for 2026, eight states still tax Social Security benefits. (That's ...

Get clear, expert-confirmed answers to the most common Social Security questions. Learn about benefits and more with this ...

1. Have I reached my full retirement age? The nice thing about Social Security is that benefits become available starting at age 62. But if you want your monthly benefit without a reduction, you'll ...

In the 28 years I’ve been writing this column, I bet I’ve written 128 columns about the most common questions I get. However, I suppose not everyone is clipping those columns and pasting them into ...

If you're retired or nearing retirement, you probably know some people claiming Social Security benefits, and you might also have a sense of how the program works. You pay into it your entire career, ...

How Social Security works is something that would benefit all of us to understand, and yet, partly because of an overall lack of financial literacy, it can be quite a mysterious beast. Fortunately, ...

This column will discuss a special procedure that the Social Security Administration routinely uses to help individuals protect their rights to potential benefits. It's called a "protective filing ...

Both married couples and common-law couples should be thinking about their Social Security options. RgStudio / Getty Images A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about some of the most common ...

If you're retired or nearing retirement, you probably know some people claiming Social Security benefits, and you might also have a sense of how the program works. You pay into it your entire career, ...

By that math, your typical American man would be smart to claim Social Security at age 62, the first year of his eligibility.

Social Security Administrator Frank Bisignano recently published an op-ed defending the Trump administration’s handling of ...

You can claim Social Security at any point after you turn 62, though you shouldn't delay benefits past 70. It's possible to claim benefits on your ex's work record if you were married for at least 10 ...