On paper, your Social Security statement seems straightforward enough: There's an estimated monthly retirement benefit, for example, which will vary depending on the age you start collecting. But the ...

There are several important things you should know about Social Security. For example, American workers should know that the Social Security Administration takes your 35 highest inflation-adjusted ...

Your benefit statement should have been mailed in January. Here's what it's for and how to request another one if you lost it. Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus ...

Social Security is once again sending out clearly false benefit statements. If the code generating the statements is generating actual benefit payments, millions of Americans may be receiving too ...

A recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, Nina started at CNET writing breaking news stories before shifting to covering Security Security and other government benefit programs. In her spare ...

The Social Security Administration is now providing workers with online statements of the estimated benefits they will get when they retire, replacing the paper ones the agency used to mail out. Until ...

Tax season is almost upon us, and it might be a good idea to get prepared ahead of time. If you receive Social Security benefits, you might not have to file taxes for 2025, but it depends on your ...

Tax season is in full swing, and if you haven't already filed, it's time to get prepared to do so. Social Security beneficiaries might not have to file taxes this year, but whether you do depends on ...