To plan smart for retirement, estimate your Social Security benefits years before you'll need the money. Here's how to do it.

The Social Security Administration relies on four factors to calculate your monthly benefit. Although all ages in the ...

Understanding this key piece of advice could give you more money each month and during all of your retirement years.

My wife is 76, born in 1948. She retired at full retirement age and currently collects $1,076 per month. I will be retiring ...

There are millions of Americans today who collect a monthly benefit from Social Security. And for many of them, that benefit ...

The age you decide to begin drawing Social Security has a huge impact on your monthly income in retirement. The earliest you ...

Explore the Social Security benefit amounts you can receive at various retirement ages and whether the monthly amount or the lifetime amount matters more to you.

The Social Security wage base limit is the maximum amount of your income that's subject to the Social Security payroll tax ...

Many Americans don't realize they are leaving money on the table when it comes to Social Security. After decades of paying ...

This column will discuss a special procedure that the Social Security Administration routinely uses to help individuals ...

The full retirement age for social security is increasing in 2026. It is the last age increase as part of a 1983 ...