Chris Stein, CFP®
Social Security Statistical Snapshot
The Social Security Administration releases periodic updates about the benefits paid to beneficiaries. The following is a statistical...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Apr 11, 20172 min read
How to Fix Errors in Your Social Security Earnings Record
The Social Security Administration tracks hundreds of millions of records. Even with a very small error rate, there is a chance a glitch...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Apr 4, 20172 min read
Basics of Survivor Benefits
If a person who has earned survivor benefits passes away, the family members they leave behind may be eligible for those survivor...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Mar 28, 20172 min read
Can You Change Your Mind About Claiming Your Social Security Benefit
People often decide to claim Social Security benefits without fully understanding the ramifications of their decision. When you file...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Mar 21, 20172 min read
Social Security Phishing Warning
The following warning was released on March 6th, 2017 by the Acting Inspector General Social Security, and was of such importance I...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Mar 14, 20173 min read
Do Earnings After Claiming Social Security Matter?
We received the following question this past week that many of you will find interesting: “I am 65 years old right now and plan to claim...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Mar 7, 20172 min read
What’s Up With Your Social Security Number?
Prior to June, 2011 Social Security numbers were assigned based on your physical location, or more specifically based on the zip code for...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Feb 28, 20172 min read
Income Subject to Social Security Taxes
I ran across an interesting statistic recently that describes one reason why funding for the Social Security (SS) system is deteriorating...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Feb 21, 20173 min read
A Case For Claiming Social Security Early
So many Social Security claiming recommendations on our blog and elsewhere in the press involve reasons to delay claiming, we wanted to...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Feb 14, 20173 min read
Quarters vs Credits
To qualify for Social Security benefits you have to accumulate a certain number of credits… or is it quarters? The methods on how to...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Feb 7, 20173 min read
Social Security Timeline
Most people know they are eligible for Social Security retirement benefits when they reach age 62, but there is a whole Social Security...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 31, 20172 min read
Social Security Spousal Benefits
Conditions for Claiming Spousal Benefits Social Security Spousal Benefits are an integral element of many Social Security claiming...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 24, 20172 min read
Paper Statements Going Away… Again
Back in 2011 the Social Security Administration suspended the mailing of paper statements to most people and started giving people online...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 17, 20172 min read
Transitioning Social Security Disability Benefits to Retirement Benefits
The following multi-part question came in recently: “I am on SS disability benefits now. Next year I reach my full retirement age of...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 10, 20173 min read
Questions on the Earnings Test
This week we received the following multi-part question from a blog reader/listener about how the Social Security Administration (SSA)...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 3, 20172 min read
Five Changes to Social Security for 2017
Every year the Social Security Administration updates many key figures within their system. With the New Year starting, now is a good...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 27, 20161 min read
Happy Holidays!
We’re taking this week off to spend time with family and friends. We hope you are having a wonderful holiday and we’ll be back after...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 20, 20165 min read
Social Security Reform Act of 2016
This December (2016), representative Johnson from Texas has proposed a bill entitled the “Social Security Reform Act of 2016” that...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 14, 20161 min read
Under Construction
We wanted to post a summary of the Social Security Reform Act of 2016 as proposed by Congressman Johnson from Texas. Unfortunately, that...
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Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 7, 20162 min read
Social Security Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronyms and abbreviations are popular with governmental agencies, but they can sure make things confusing for the rest of us! This week...
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