
Social Security Q&A: How Will Marriage Affect My Disability 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 ...

Social Security Q&A: When Should We Claim to Maximize Benefits for Our Disabled Child?
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 ...

Social Security Q&A: Will My Benefits Really Equal Only Half My Ex’s?
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 ...

Social Security Q&A: Why Can’t I Know My Ex’s Earnings and When They File?
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 ...

Social Security Q&A: You Must Repay Disability Benefits to Avoid Auto Filing for Full Retirement
The Q&A posted earlier today contained a reference to an interpretation of Social Security’s provisions that is no longer in force. It mentioned withdrawing retirement benefits ...

Social Security Q&A: Can We Manipulate What We Pay Ourselves to Maximize Benefits?
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 ...

Social Security Q&A: Should We Marry at 66 While Already Collecting?
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 ...

Nebraska Retirees Ask Lawmakers to Consider Social Security Tax Break
Retirees are telling Nebraska lawmakers that the state’s tax burden is too high, and additional tax cuts may be necessary to keep seniors from fleeing the state during retirement.
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Before You Take a Pension Advance, Consider the Consequences
You’ve heard of payday advances. But pension advances?
Believe it or not, businesses are popping up that allow retirees to do just that: “sell” a portion (or all) of their future ...

The Three Least Tax-Friendly States For Retirees
Kiplinger has released its ranking of the tax-friendliness of every state for retirees.
From which states are retirees running scared? Here are the three least tax-friendly states ...