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Pension expert Mitchell calls program "best deal going."
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Federal deductions for individuals for state and local taxes, as well as R&D credits for businesses also on list.
Social Security employees are highly trained professionals who put the public's interest first.
Mary Beth Franklin dishes on how the Social Security Administration sends millions in benefits to deceased people...and how, in some cases, people who are very much alive are declared dead.
What to do when you get the wrong answer from SSA
Benefits depend on if you remarry and when.
Next week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will issue the September Consumer Price Index report, the final piece of data that the Social Security Administration needs to plug into its annual cost of living adjustment formula. Social Security benefits — and the taxable wage base for workers — will be slightly higher next year as a result of the COLA.
Labor Department says CPI report will not be released next week.
They earn 8%-per-year delayed retirement credits plus annual COLAs
IRS also sets tax break for single filers at $5.25M
Still time to strategize to minimize impact; trusts likely to feel the brunt.
Such strategies can be even better than ETFs and mutual funds
Some retirees can receive up to six-months of retroactive benefits.
