Social Security
The top Social Security news, strategies and planning insights advisors can use to best serve clients.
Future Retirees Could Be More Reliant on Social Security
By Emily ZulzEmployer-sponsored retirement plans are providing less retirement income today than in the past, according to a new analysis from the Center for Retirement Research.
March 28, 2017
Justice announces Social Security disability fraud pleaClaimants received $550 million in benefits based on falsified medical documents, officials say.
March 24, 2017
Advising Clients on Social Security: Talking Points, Part 5This fifth and final installment will discuss Social Security provisions relating to public employees along with the taxation of Social Security benefits.
March 24, 2017
Senate Votes to Torpedo FCC Broadband Privacy RuleIf the privacy rule is repealed, Verizon, Comcast and AT&T could continue tracking and sharing peoples browsing and app activity without permission.
March 23, 2017
Wake up, Dave Ramsey: Your math is flawedBad math can make something completely wrong sound completely right. That's why financial nerds (like this columnist) are repelled by Ramsey and those like him.
March 23, 2017
Wake up, Dave Ramsey: Your math is flawedBad math can make something completely wrong sound completely right. That's why financial nerds (like this columnist) are repelled by Ramsey and those like him.
March 23, 2017
Advising Clients on Social Security: Talking Points, Part 4In this installment, we are going to discuss a few lighter topics: Do Over, Voluntary Suspension, Family Maximum and Filing for Benefits.
March 22, 2017
Advising Clients on Social Security: Talking Points, Part 3This installment introduces more advanced Social Security topics like Restricted Application, and coordinating spousal benefits and the Three-Legged Stool.