Rae Hartley Beck first started writing about personal finance in 2011 with a regular column in her college newspaper as a staff writer. Since then she has become a leader in the Financial Independence ...

I’ve been receiving lots of questions lately about how Social Security benefits are calculated. It’s a great idea to have a full understanding of the factors involved to do the calculation, even if ...

Spousal Social Security benefits are available to the current spouses of qualifying workers and some ex-spouses. Spousal benefits are based on the worker's Social Security benefit. There's an online ...

With 21 days left before the next payment arrives, now is the time to review your budget and make sure you’re ready for the double deposit in October—and the longer wait that follows before December’s ...

Today's Social Security column addresses questions about how earning less money before filing can affect benefit rates, how survivor benefits are calculated if the record holder had not yet filed and ...

Want to know how much Social Security money you'll get when you retire? This free tool will let you find out. Blake Stimac Writer Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a ...

The SSA uses September’s CPI to chart cost-of-living adjustments, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics has halted data ...

Back in July, the Social Security Board of Trustees released their estimate for the 2026 COLA and beyond as part of their ...