Social Security Q&A: Can I Still Take Early Retirement if Ineligible for Unemployment?
Question: I already made $17,000 this year and cannot receive my unemployment benefits at this time. Am I still eligible to collect Social Security at this time? Otherwise I will have ...
Social Security Q&A: Can My Husband Collect Both Retirement and Divorced Survivor’s Benefits?
Question: My husband of eight years is 79 and I am 59. His previous wife died after 10 years of marriage in 1988. It never occurred to him to file for widower’s benefits, and he ...
Social Security Q&A: Is It True That I Lose My Retirement Benefit if I Remarry?
Question: I am getting married in September. I was told that I would loose my Social Security if I got married. I am 64 and my fiance is 58. When I reach 66 I will want to retire. ...
Social Security Q&A: How Do I Repay Overpaid Benefits if My Local Office Closed?
Question: I received disability after having cancer while a working widow. But I didn’t know I had to give up widow’s benefits while getting employment disability. My lawyer ...
Social Security Q&A: How Is My Wife’s Spousal Benefit Determined if We’re Separated?
Question: I had to take early retirement at age 62 for health reasons — regular Social Security, not disability. I currently receive $1,652 a month from Social Security. I am separated ...
Social Security Q&A: Will Taxes on My Pension Increase My Social Security Benefits?
Question: I am a retired teacher in Arizona. Federal taxes are taken out of my pension payment, but they are not reported to Social Security account. Why is this? I thought the taxes ...
Social Security Q&A: Isn’t My Excess Spousal Supposed to Be 33% of My Ex’s Retirement?
Question: I am a divorced 65-year-old who, after 40 years of marriage, had to start collecting Social Security benefits at almost 63 because of the Arizona economy. I receive $710 ...
Social Security Q&A: How Can I Resolve a Potential Error in My Benefit Estimate?
Question: My question is unusual. I tried to get help in the Social Security office, but got none. I immigrated to the U.S. in 1989 and am still working for the same employer. In 2010, ...
Social Security Q&A: Is It Better to File Early or Tap into Assets for Needed Cash?
Question: The husband, who is 63 and not employed, just filed for Social Security in order to purchase a downsized home. The wife is 62 and took a buyout in 2013. They have a $546,000 ...
Social Security Q&A: If I Take a Survivor’s Benefit, What Happens to My Retirement Benefit?
Laurence Kotlikoff is a professor of economics at Boston University who has been answering questions and writing columns about Social Security each week for the past two years on PBS ...
