The Social Security shortfall date just moved a little nearer. New federal projection released June 18 show the combined ...

The changes are the latest sign of the agency’s struggle with website crashes, overloaded servers and long lines at field ...

Social Security is dipping into its trust fund to pay current retirees, with spending outpacing its revenue from payroll ...

Retirement and disability funds face depletion in the next decade, with Congress urged to act to correct the looming ...

This includes Social Security payments, a small number of which are still issued via paper checks. Critics of the policy have ...

Some lawmakers have suggested raising the Social Security tax rate. Currently, that tax rate is 12.4% on wages up to a ...

I’m getting ready to retire so I’m also wondering if I were to take my ex-husband’s Social Security amount, not mine, at age ...

If you have at least 35 years of earnings at or above the threshold, you may be in line for the maximum possible benefit in ...

As regular readers know, I am a fan of Ed Slott and Co.’s monthly newsletter on retirement accounts. The company, which bills ...

The number of people collecting Social Security disability benefits has plateaued after a large drop off last year. Why It ...

Social Security will be unable to pay full retirement benefits by 2034, one year earlier than previously projected, according ...

The nation’s key program for retiree benefits continues to see financing shortfalls. Unless Congress acts, those drops could ...